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Caboose said:Yah thats what we did
My Sulcata Michelangelo[TURTLE]
and my RedFoot Raphael [TURTLE]
GBtortoises said:It looks like a Florida Box turtle, Terrapene carolina bauri which is native to Florida. They're also a protected species. Removing them from the wild is illegal.
It was admirable to remove the turtle from the road so that it did not get run over. But it would have been even more admirable if the turtle were taken well off the road in the direction that it was heading and allowed to go on it's way.
GBtortoises said:It looks like a Florida Box turtle, Terrapene carolina bauri which is native to Florida. They're also a protected species. Removing them from the wild is illegal.
It was admirable to remove the turtle from the road so that it did not get run over. But it would have been even more admirable if the turtle were taken well off the road in the direction that it was heading and allowed to go on it's way.