[NatureNS] Turtle Put In Sullivan's Pond

Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 15:31:54 -0300 (ADT)
From: Pat McKay <ah205@chebucto.ns.ca>
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On Mon, 6 Aug 2007, Gayle MacLean wrote:

> Hello All,
>
>  I don't know why but I can't seem to post to the list so I will 
>make my enquiry this way.
>
>  A friend of my husband called yesterday afternoon to say that he 
>managed to rescue a large turtle (he said its shell was at least 7 or 
>8 inches across) that was crossing a highway outside metro. Thinking 
>it the right thing to do, he put it in Sullivan's Pond. He said he 
>watched it swim down into the vegetation beneath the surface. Anyone 
>have any thoughts of its chances of survival in Sullivan's Pond?
>
>  Thanks,
>
>  Gayle MacLean
>  Dartmouth

Hello All,

Actually Sullivan's Pond seems to have at least one turtle every year, 
and I have seen up to three there at once. I do not know if they 
manage to overwinter successfully, or whether they are abandonned 
pets.

Pat McKay

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