by B.C. Wetlands Species Recovery | Apr 7, 2021 | Oregon Spotted Frog, Reptiles & Amphibians
The goal of conservation breeding is to breed animals in controlled environments for the purpose of releasing them back into the wild. When it comes to breeding animals in captivity, there are usually difficulties and issues. These challenges can be the result of many...
by B.C. Wetlands Species Recovery | Feb 24, 2021 | Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife, Freshwater Turtles, Western Painted Turtle
The western painted turtle is BC’s only remaining native pond turtle, and the Pacific Coast population is dwindling. WPC’s recovery team, led by Andrea Gielens, protects at-risk nests and collects and incubates eggs to head start hatchlings for release...
by B.C. Wetlands Species Recovery | Jan 8, 2021 | Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife, Freshwater Turtles, Reptiles & Amphibians, Western Painted Turtle
We weigh in our western painted turtles from our head starting program at the Greater Vancouver Zoo monthly. This allows us to check their body condition and health closely as well as sort them for size. By identifying each individual turtle to its ID sheet via...
by B.C. Wetlands Species Recovery | Nov 3, 2020 | Western Painted Turtle
Turtle laser tag! The western painted turtle recovery team uses creative activities like this to enrich the lives of the young turtles in our headstarting tanks. Other areas of the tanks have floating vegetation for further enrichment but this open area is...
by B.C. Wetlands Species Recovery | Oct 8, 2020 | Conservation Success, Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife, Western Painted Turtle
Through all the challenges of 2020 it’s been important to find inspiration and positivity where we can. For us here on the Fraser Valley Wetland Recovery team, these snippets of brilliance come to us on release days! There is no greater treat than introducing...
