Jimmy Carter helps release loggerhead sea turtle - story with pics

[Kadie]

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter holds a juvenile green sea turtle at The Turtle Hospital in Marathon, Florida, December 28, 2010. Carter and his family toured the facility as a facet of their vacation in the Florida Keys.


In this photo released by the Florida Keys News Bureau, former President Jimmy Carter holds a juvenile green sea turtle next to his wife Rosalynn while a young family member shoots a picture Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2010, at The Turtle Hospital in Marathon, Fla. Carter and his family toured the facility as a facet of a holiday in the Florida Keys. Left of Carter is hospital veterinarian Doug Mader.


Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter (L) holds a juvenile green sea turtle next to his wife Rosalynn at The Turtle Hospital in Marathon, Florida, December 28, 2010. Carter and his family toured the facility as a facet of their vacation in the Florida Keys.


In this photo released by the Florida Keys News Bureau, former President Jimmy Carter, right, helps carry "Danger," a loggerhead sea turtle to be released off the Florida Keys, in Marathon, Fla. , Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2010. At left is Richie Moretti, founder of The Turtle Hospital that rehabilitated the reptile after it was discovered ill. Carter and his family toured the hospital and participated in the release as a facet of their vacation in the Florida Keys.


Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter watches "Danger," a loggerhead sea turtle, as it walks into the ocean off the Florida Keys in Marathon, Florida, December 28, 2010. The reptile was found ill three months earlier and recovered at the nearby Turtle Hospital. Carter and his family toured the facility as a facet of their vacation in the Florida Keys.


Jimmy Carter helps release loggerhead sea turtle
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MARATHON, Fla. – Jimmy Carter has helped release a rehabilitated loggerhead sea turtle during a family vacation in the Florida Keys.

The former president participated in the release of Danger, a 102-pound loggerhead turtle, into the Atlantic Ocean on Tuesday. The turtle had spent three months at The Turtle Hospital.

Carter also toured the facility, which is dedicated to treating and rehabilitating sea turtles.

Carter is in the Keys with wife Rosalynn and a number of family members as part of a holiday respite.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101228/ap_on_re_us/us_people_jimmy_carter_keys_1

[WhiteTara]

1. I admire Jimmy Carter

He was a good president who had to fight all of them and was still a good president.

[Divine Discontent]

2. what a GORGEOUS creature, and what a WONDERFUL former president

[Motown_Johnny]

5. Rosalynn still looks good, but Gorgeous seems a bit much

[wryter2000]

7. You took the words right out of my "mouth"

:applause:

[midnight]

3. Some news that makes me smile.... Thanks...

[Ian David]

4. OMG, what is Jimmy Carter doing to Mitch McConnel?

[Island Blue]

6. Please don't insult the beautiful creature that is

the sea turtle. Oh, and I love Jimmy Carter now more than ever. :loveya: