The juvenile Kemp’s Ridley sea turtles, the most endangered sea turtles in the world, were released from Dowse's Beach in Barnstable's Osterville section.

They were all rescued by volunteers of the Audubon Society's Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary from Cape beaches last November. The volunteers found the turtles “severely hypothermic and near death,” aquarium spokesman Tony LaCasse said in a statement.

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