Animal Hero Legacies: Remembering the life, death and legacy of Andre the sea turtle
Andre, a sea turtle released into the Atlantic Ocean on Aug. 3 after recovering from injuries from a boat propeller, was found dead this morning after his body had washed ashore on Hutchinson Island. Loggerhead officials were able to determine the turtle was Andre from an identification tag that was attached to one of his flippers. The 170-pound green sea turtle was found in June 2010 stranded on a sandbar about 1.5 miles south of the Juno Beach Pier. Andre was treated for about a year by...