Zoo Releases 22 Endangered Turtles into the Wild to Help Save the Species

The Oregon Zoo released 22 northwestern pond turtles into the Columbia River Gorge to boost the endangered species' ...
Fox 12 Oregon

Walnut-sized turtle babies get a head start at the Oregon Zoo

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Seventeen endangered northwestern pond turtle babies are settling into the Oregon Zoo’s conservation lab this summer, where they’ll grow until they’re strong enough to survive ...
Fox 12 Oregon

Oregon Zoo-reared northwestern pond turtles released into the wild

COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE, Ore. (KPTV) - Nineteen northwestern pond turtles that were cared for at the Oregon Zoo were released into the wild last week. The turtles were gathered from wild sites and have ...

Bye-bye babies: Zoo sets endangered turtles it raised free in the gorge

It can be a stab in the heart when the little one you raised grows up and heads off without a backward glance. But for the ...

Oregon Zoo returns endangered turtles to the Columbia River Gorge

Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife biologists collected the turtles as hatchlings from sites in the Gorge last spring.
KGW8

ODFW racing to protect native Northwestern Pond Turtles in Oregon

YAMHILL COUNTY, Oregon — Conservationists in Oregon are racing to protect one of the state’s only native freshwater turtle species from becoming endangered. The Northwestern Pond Turtle, a semiaquatic ...
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Photos: Endangered pond turtles paddle way into the wild

These little turtles are back where they belong thanks to conservation efforts by a number of state and regional agencies. Today, dozens of Western pond turtles were released at a refuge site in ...
Capital Public Radio

Here’s why researchers say you shouldn’t release your pet turtle into the wild

California’s native Western Pond Turtle tends to lie low during the winter. But in the warmer months, it’s at its most active. You might occasionally spot the turtle basking on a sunlit log around ...