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Sea Turtle Returns Home After 3-Year Journey
At a glance
- Rossi was found stranded on a Welsh beach 5,000 miles from his Texas home.
- Veterinarians nursed him back to health over nearly three years.
- Rossi traveled back to Texas by air and is receiving treatment at the Houston Zoo.
- He will be released back into the Gulf once his treatment is complete.
Rossi, an endangered sea turtle, has returned to Texas after being found stranded 5,000 miles away in Wales nearly three years ago. Veterinarians nursed him back to health, and he traveled back home by air.
Rossi is receiving additional treatment at the Houston Zoo before being released into the Gulf. His remarkable journey has come full circle.