219 Turtles were dumped by a new jersey river. Now rescuers are building 'Brumation Stations' to help them survive winter

A New Jersey wildlife centre is caring for 219 box turtles rescued after a mass dumping. Rescuers are building outdoor ...

A New Jersey wildlife centre is caring for 219 box turtles after hundreds were dumped near a river; rescuers are now building outdoor enclosures so the turtles can spend …

A riverbank littered with turtlesThe unusual rehabilitation effort began on July 29, when a Cranford resident discovered ...

How L.A. became a turtle smuggling hot spot, pushing this rescue group to the brink

Eric Goode, the documentarian behind 'Tiger King' and 'Chimp Crazy,' also runs the Turtle Conservancy in Ojai. It's been ...
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Box turtles are back for the summer. Here’s how to help them survive another year

Ornate box turtles and their kin face steep challenges in today’s world, but people can help out by raising the deck height on their mowers, allowing turtles to cross the road and not taking them home ...
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Box turtles. Coral. These illegally trafficked animals still need a good home

Ryan Kellman / NPR In the back of an office building, in a small room that smells like rotting strawberries, a criminal investigator watches his evidence crawl around on wood chips in five open ...
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Bronx Zoo rehabs 800 box turtles seized from traffickers at New York-area airports

More than 800 North American box turtles taken from traffickers at New York-area airports have been rescued and rehabilitated with help from the Bronx Zoo, marking a grim benchmark in the battle ...

Turtles being trafficked, but 83 saved and sent to Kansas zoo

In August 2025, the Rolling Hills Zoo answered a call to care for ornate box turtles that were being trafficked. The zoo said on Wednesday that many of the turtles are still living at the Salina zoo ...

New Jersey dumped 219 turtles in a river; now rescuers are building stations to help them survive winter season. Now their return to the wild is complicated

A significant number of turtles have been rescued from a river in New Jersey, sparking urgent rehabilitation efforts. The ...