Turtle release on Hawai’i Island celebrates annual Turtle Independence Day

The Hawai’i Island Resort Mauna Lani released four Hawaiian green sea turtles on Thursday into the ocean to celebrate the 36th Turtle Independence Day. The event is part of the Mālama Honua program that started in 1989. It adopts baby sea turtles from O’ahu’s Sea Life Park and raises them for about three years before releasing them back into the wild.

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