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The Cayman Islands released a giant turtle into the wild to mark the anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's birthday.

The 60-year-old tortoise named Sir Thomas Turtleton weighs 600 pounds and has spent half of his life in a turtle farm breeding with female turtles.

He was released in North Sound, the largest protected bay on Grand Cayman Island, reported the Associated Press.

After his departure from the beach scientists will track him by satellite using GPS.

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Sir Thomas spent several decades in the wild honing his survival and foraging skills before becoming a breeder at the Cayman Turtle Farm; we have every expectation that those skills remain intact,"Chief Research Officer Walter Mustin said to the CayCompass.

"Two decades of CTF tagging studies have demonstrated that even farm raised yearlings, raised on artificial feed and then released to the wild, successfully transition to wild diets, grow, migrate, mature, return to nest, and survive.

He is the first old turtle of his size to released into the wild by the Cayman Turtle Farm.

He was released on Saturday at 3 p.m.

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Barbadian special athlete Ross Forde finished a commendable tenth place at the tenth annual Cayman Islands 800 metres Butterfield Sea Swim.

Forde, who was accompanied on the recent trip by coach Jasper Blades, completed the event in a time of 28 minutes, 6 seconds at Cayman Islands Seven-Mile Beach.

The event, which also included participants from Jamaica and Curaao, came at the culmination of an open water training clinic hosted by Special Olympics Cayman Islands.

The clinic was a Special Olympics International pilot project that will form the basis for open water swim clinics for Special Olympics programmes worldwide.

The projects ultimate goal is preparing athletes to compete in the open water sea swim at the 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Los Angeles.

According to Kester Edwards, co-ordinator for leadership development and education with Special Olympics International, the organization has identified 266 Special Olympics athletes worldwide from 40 countries who have participated in local open water swims.

We have only begun to scratch the surface of all the Special Olympics athletes who do open water swims at the local and regional levels, Edwards said.

Special Olympics International has developed a comprehensive, interactive online coaching manual.

At the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games held in Athens, Greece, Barbados sent a small team of seven athletes, who competed in bocce, table tennis and athletics. All seven earned medals. (PR/HG)

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Photo: Pam Bondi and Greg Henderson in the Cayman Islands/Courtesy Ryan Joseph Photographs TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Contrary to reports, Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi didn't get married during her recent stay in the Cayman Islands, though she did wear her wedding dress while she was there.

Gov. Rick Scott and his wife were among those who traveled to Grand Cayman last weekend for what turned out to be a "celebration" in advance of Bondi's actual wedding to a Tampa ophthalmologist, according to Bondi's spokeswoman.

Bondi recently told the Tampa Bay Times that she planned to wed on the beach in a small ceremony. Now she says she plans a ceremony in a Baptist church in the Tampa area.

Media reports about Bondi's trip fueled speculation about whether she planned to get married and then called it off. That prompted Bondi to email one paper and say she is happily in love with Greg Henderson.

Bondi's spokeswoman wouldn't discuss much about the trip Thursday, saying it was personal.

Jenn Meale said Bondi spent Thursday in the Turks and Caicos Islands and was expected to return Friday to Florida. The date of the wedding hasn't been disclosed.Attorney General Pam Bondi didn't get married on Caymans trip

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TALLAHASSE, Fla. (AP) -- May 27, 2012

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi is celebrating her wedding in the Cayman Island this weekend.

Sen. Paula Dockery posted pictures on Facebook of the wedding party on their flight to the islands and later posted a picture of Bondi serving punch to friends. Bondi's wedding to Tampa ophthalmologist Greg Henderson was a small ceremony with close friends and family.

Gov. Rick Scott and his wife were also in attendance.

Bondi was a Hillsborough County assistant state before being elected attorney general in 2010.

The Republican is a tea party favorite and has been a popular commentator of Fox News over the years. She told the Tampa Tribune that she and Henderson would be legally married once back in the United States in a private ceremony.

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