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Source: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

Endangered sea turtle found impaled with 3-foot long spear in Florida

This summer has been a particularly rough one for Florida turtles. In August, a woman found several baby sea turtles who had been badly burned on a beach in Brevard county. In June, a woman in Miami Beach was arrested for poking a nest with a wooden stake and stomping on turtle eggs. 

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