KVIA

Turtle rescue on Long Island removes extraordinary beak from “Mr. Bubbles,” a pet box turtle

JAMESPORT, New York (WCBS) — A 70-year-old pet turtle is slowly coming out of its shell and learning how to walk and eat, thanks to a Bronx man who recognized it needed help. Recovering turtles by the ...
KPBS

After nearly 50 years cooped up inside, Rockalina the turtle finds the great outdoors

Garden State Tortoise founder Chris Leone gets plenty of requests to take in turtles people can no longer care for. Rockalina's case was different. "Like we do in any rescue, we ask to see the photos ...
AOL

Turtle Kept in Darkness on a Diet of Cat Food, Feels the Sun for the First Time in 50 Years

A wild eastern box turtle got her first taste of fresh air and sunshine in decades after she was moved from a New York home to a New Jersey animal rehabilitation ...
Alaska Public Media

This Anchorage box turtle has outlasted a dozen jobs, 8 homes and 3 Saabs

Huntman says turtles aren’t exactly fun. “With the turtle, you go on a hike, it'd have to either be a very short hike or a very slow hike,” he says. Doug Huntman nestled his box turtle back into her ...