About 80 animals from the Georgia Sea Turtle Center on Jekyll Island, including Kemp's ridley sea turtles and green sea turtles, as well as some freshwater turtles, a tortoise, two owls and a wood stork, took refuge at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro during Hurricane Matthew. The Sea Turtle Center is not affiliated with the university system but operates as a department of the Jekyll Island Authority on the state-owned island near Brunswick. However, the center has many collaborative efforts, including some with GSU, said Dr. Terry Norton, veterinarian and director of the center.