American Tortoise Rescue
The American Tortoise Rescue (ATR) says on its website tortoise.com created the day to celebrate the world’s oldest creatures — turtles and tortoises have been around for 200,000,000 years — and a day to recognize the critical need to protect turtles and tortoises and their disappearing habitats around the world.
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Bunkie, ATR’s mascot, the first turtle ATR rescued
Adopting a Turtle
ATR advises:
- If you see a turtle crossing a road, pick it up and carry it on across the road to where it was going. Don’t try to make it go back — it will only turn around and try to cross the road again.
- Don’t remove turtles or tortoises from the wild unless they are sick or injured.
- If you would like a pet turtle, click here to locate one to adopt. Don’t buy a turtle or tortoise from a pet shop — it increases demand for turtles and tortoises from their natural habitats.
Greeting Cards for World Turtle Day
www.123greetings.com/events/turtle_day/
Turtle versus Rabbit
Turtle Crossing Sign (turtles can read?)
Apparently turtles can read. Otherwise, how would they know where to cross?
Turtle Tunnel
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Turtle tunnel under construction
May Township in Minnesota installed a turtle tunnel to help turtles safely cross a busy road.
The tunnel is at a point of the road that experiences high mortality rates for turtles. It’s near a big lake where each spring turtles leave their winter homes for nesting areas on the other side of the road.
The tunnel structure, imported from Germany, is a series of cement blocks that have been hollowed out to form a tunnel.
There is a skylight for the turtles. The tunnel blocks have slots on top that allow light to penetrate the tunnel. The light encourages turtles to enter the tunnels.
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Sign showing turtles entrance to tunnel
You can read about more this and watch a TV news episode in “Minnesota Town Installs Turtle Tunnel“.