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Source: U.S. Coast Guard
Coast Guard crewmembers work with marine wildlife specialists from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Houston Zoo to release four Kemp’s Ridley sea turtles off the coast of Sabine Pass along the Gulf Coast.
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