About Injured Sea Turtles and Other Wildlife

Gumbo Limbo Nature Center provides assistance to injured sea turtles only and does not accept other orphaned and/or injured wildlife.

Sick, Dead, or Injured Sea Turtles

Gumbo Limbo Nature Center’s Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Facility operates a
24 Hour Sea Turtle Rescue Line: (561) 212-8691

If you find a dead, sick, or injured sea turtle, please call Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's 24-hour Wildlife Alert Number at 1-888-404-FWCC (1-888-404-3922) or dial *FWC on your mobile phone.

Please be prepared to answer the following questions:

1. What is the exact location of the animal?
2. Is the turtle alive or dead?
3. What is the approximate size of the turtle?
4. Is the turtle marked with spray paint? (This may indicate that the turtle has been previously documented.)
5. What is the location of the closest access point to the turtle?

Other Injured Wildlife

Such as birds, land and freshwater tortoises and turtles, raccoons, etc.

Visit the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission’s Wildlife Alert website to report injured wildlife.  Visit the FWC's Living with Wildlife and Preventing Wildlife Conflicts website for additional information.

If you need wildlife assistance in South Florida, please call the FWC Wildlife Alert Hotline at 1-888-404-FWCC (3922), dial *FWC on your mobile phone, or send a text message to TIP@myfwc.com.

Wildlife Rehabilitation

If you need to reach a wildlife rehabilitation center in South Florida, please call the South Florida Wildlife Center at 954-524-4302.

For additional wildlife rehabilitation centers, visit the FWC website.