21-06-2007, 04:53 PM | #11 |
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Well, my roommate and I had an exciting experience yesterday! The wildlife rehab center called and asked us to escort a volunteer and the snapping turtle we rescued more than a month ago back to the location at which we found him and assist in the release! I can't say I was terribly impressed w/ the volunteer, whose plan appeared to be to more or less just dump him off on the side of the road but needless to say, my roomie and I jumped in and said we'd take him all the way to his pond. We got permission from the owners, climbed the fence, and carried his tub to the side of the pond (which the owner said had just been restocked w/ fish, so he'd be very happy to come home!).
These 2 photos show him refusing to turn his back on us to walk into the pond. Can't really blame him, I guess. The last photo shows him in the pond after we shooshed him in using the tub. He looked really good, having had surgery to amputate the damaged part of his tail and having had his shell epoxied back together. And he was good and mad, which is pretty much how you want to see a snapper. Anyway, we told him to have a great life and to BE CAREFUL and left him soaking back in his very own pond. He'll have a story to tell his friends and family, that's for sure! |
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fanatastic news elizabeth
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well good for you Elizabeth, there are still SOME nice people in the world!! you must be very proud
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You're a real hero! Great pictures, and a happy ending for the snapper you just released - fingers crossed that your latest rescue recovers also!
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21-06-2007, 06:20 PM | #15 |
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great news elizabeth
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My mistake, Elizabeth. I didn't see that the first posting was in May, and the latest updated that (I thought you'd rescued another one over the last few days). I think that rescuing one large snapping turtle a year is a good quota <vbg>.
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Re: 6/21 UPDATE: Snapping turtle released!
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lizards -- read the UPDATE from today. He's all better and has been released!
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wat a great story elizabeth, u shud be really happy with urself
its so nice to see animals being returned back to the wild when they have been through an ordeal like that!!
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