Hawai‘i Marine Animal Response Opens a New Care Center to Help Our Honu
The first of its kind on O‘ahu, the rehabilitation center in Waimānalo cares for distressed sea turtles after emergencies, injuries and strandings.
Image: via Midjourney
Last November, local nonprofit Hawai‘i Marine Animal Response opened O‘ahu’s first full-time emergency care and rehabilitation center for sea turtles, with six water-holding tanks and dedicated spaces for medical treatment and surgeries. Created in collaboration with Hawai‘i Pacific University, the HMAR Care Center is situated at the school’s Makapu‘u Point campus.
SEE ALSO: Hawai‘i’s Endangered and Threatened Species
O‘ahu is the primary home in the Islands for native honu, or green sea turtles, and honu‘ea, aka hawksbill sea turtles, both on the federal endangered species list and threatened by disease, boat strikes, hookings and fishing gear entanglement.
h-mar.org, @hawaiimarineanimalresponse
