Essex County recently announced a partnership with the nonprofit Sea Turtle Recovery from Northfield, N.J., to operate the Prudential Sea Turtle Recovery Center at Turtle Back Zoo. From left are, Sea Turtle Recovery Co-Executive Director Brandi Biehl, Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr., Sea Turtle Recovery Co-Executive Director Bill Deerr, Turtle Back Zoo Director Brint Spencer and Freeholder Leonard Luciano.
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Essex County recently announced a partnership with the nonprofit Sea Turtle Recovery from Northfield, N.J., to operate the Prudential Sea Turtle Recovery Center at Turtle Back Zoo. Currently under construction, the Sea Turtle Recovery Center is the first facility of its kind in New Jersey and will enable Turtle Back to enhance its mission of promoting conservation and preservation, and create a sanctuary to nurture and assist the zoo’s namesake animals.
“This project is a great example of how zoos and animal rescue organizations can work to save animals and raise the public’s awareness about the dangers animals face. The facility fills a great need and will help protect the very animals after which our zoo is named,” Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. said in a press release. “We are pleased to be working with Sea Turtle Recovery. They are enthusiastic about their mission of conservation and have the expertise to run a first-class facility.”
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