Most aquariums tend to keep a mix of green, hawksbill, and loggerhead sea turtles, with olive ridley being somewhat rarer but still around. I've read that leatherbacks cannot be kept alive in captivity, but are there places with occasional rescue animals? As for the remaining two species, which institutions keep Kemp's ridley and flatback sea turtles? Are there any Kemps kept outside of the US, and any flatbacks kept outside Australia? And how common are these two in the aquariums of their respective countries?
I've seen both Atlantic and Pacific Green, Loggerhead, Hawksbill, Olive Ridley, and Kemp's Ridley all within US zoos/aquarium, I can't sea I've seen any other species outside of Green and Loggerhead when traveling internationally yet. ~Thylo
There are occasionally aquariums that get Leatherbacks as rescues then release like Acuario Rodadero.
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Eretmochelys imbricata is currently kept in eight European institutions. I was actually once allowed to feed the specimen at Stralsund.
Thus far I have only seen Green, Hawksbill and Loggerhead in captivity myself - although I did miss Olive Ridley at Pairi Daiza by a few weeks Seen wild Leatherback though!
Yep, they keep all three "common" species - two mixed, and one elsewhere, although off the top of my head I cannot recall which two are mixed.
SeaWorld San Diego has numerous Green, Loggerhead, and Hawksbill; also at least one of the ridleys, I think Kemp's?
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I’ve seen Loggerhead, Green Sea, Flatback and Hawksbill in captivity. The hawksbill was a rescue and the flat backs were a group of hatchlings which were collected from the wild, raised in captivity and eventually released. Sealife Mooloolaba often does this and I was lucky enough to release a juvinelle loggerhead turtle into the EAC with them. Sea World in the Goldcoast keeps a loggerhead and green sea hybrid. I know the Phuket aquarium keeps olive ridleys which I will hopefully get to see next year.
