NEW ORLEANS - The Gulf of Mexico is home to five species of sea
turtles - all of them endangered. And now search crews have
stepped up efforts to rescue them from the oil and bring them to
shore. Nearly 30 sea turtles have left their homes in the oil-
soaked Gulf for a new temporary safe haven. At the Audubon
Center for Research and Endangered Species, on the lower coast
of Algiers, four species of sea turtles are living under the
care of doctors and people trying to save them. "All of the
turtles that we've seen so far, when we open their mouths, have
oil in their mouths and they've also got oil down in their
throat as far as we can see," said Dr. Charles Innis, a
Veterinarian and reptile specialist in town to help from New
England Aquarium. The sea turtles, found by search crews, were
fighting for their lives. Most of them are juveniles, one to two
years old, unable to swim out from under the thick, heavy oil.
"They presumably would die from the sun beating down on top of
them overheating, drowning eventuall