Let's Shellebrate World Turtle Day!

[Catherine]

May 23, 2023 is World Turtle day! 

https://www.worldturtleday.org/

The day was started by the American Tortoise Rescue. 
World Turtle Day is meant to draw attention to the plight of turtles and tortoises around the world.
They need our help. Habitats are disappearing and their numbers are declining. 
People are catching them for food and as pets. The oceans are increasingly dangerous for marine life. 
The plastic pollution alone kills many turtles each year. 

This is a good day to stop and think about turtles and what we can do to help them.

Here is an example. There is a very large park not far from me called High Park. There are snapping turtles in the ponds. Even though it is a fairly wild park, it is a city park with traffic. The Turtle Protectors watch over the turtles. They guard their nests and make sure the hatchlings make it safely to the pond when they hatch.

https://turtleprotectors.com/

This is one of many groups around the world that look after a particular group of turtles. Because of them these turtles survive.

Saving turtles is something we all need to be a part of in our own way, even if it is just remembering turtles on their special day.