Turtleswagg said:at this park called Ralph B. Clark they have a bunch of abandoned RES and western painteds but the rangers protect them, idk if ur in socal but if u are u should check it out
Where I live there is a lake that used to be polluted, it's good now, that has had red eared sliders in it for around 80 years. They are almost all abandoned pets. It's sad but they are so at home in that lake. Some are massive, I've been kayaking in the lake since I was small, every once and awhile you pass a monster of a turtle. It seems to be an alright situation but that's mostly because not much else survived the pollution.