special box turtles

[Allghoi Khorkhoi]

Hey spread this around! Post this video on your FB pages or websites.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_935eZl84k

Box turtles are emerging early because of this uncommonly mild winter, and we'd like to keep as many wild as possible, rather than having them picked up and turned into pets. Also, due to the unusually warm winter, many will be sick and in need of rehab care, since they've used up their fat reserves too soon.

 

[terryo]

Great video. Thank you for sharing that. Spring is a sad time for Wild Box Turtles. This is when people go out in the woods and capture these magnificent animals, sell them to pet stores, put them on classified ads, or keep them as pets, and they end up looking like some of the pictures in your video. Totally horrifying, and unacceptable! Thank you for caring enough to make people aware of this.

 

[Allghoi Khorkhoi]

You're welcome! I never met a turtle I didn't like!