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Turtle Update – Christina Davy – August 29, 2011

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Hello from the land of turtle hatchlings! We have had our hands full of hatchling turtles this month – literally. Our first protected nests hatched at the beginning of the month and the rest of our eggs (over 800 this year) have been going steady ever since. Ashley has been marking, measuring and releasing hatchlings [...]

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Turtle Update – Christina Davy – July 31, 2011

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Finally, our turtle rescue from two months ago is complete! Fifty-eight days and hundreds of kilometres later, The Turtle, captured June 2nd with a nasty tail injury, was released back to the swamp wilds of Rondeau Provincial Park, July 31st. This big male snapper has spent the last 2 months at the Kawartha Turtle Trauma [...]

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