By Mavia Haight | Associate Director, Institutional Giving
The Oregon Zoo's western pond turtle recovery program has a new home in our new Education Center, which opened in March 2017. The Education Center serves as a hub of conservation education, with exhibits that encourage families to consider how "small things matter." This includes small animals, such as western pond turtle, and small actions that people can take to help save this imperiled species. There are currently 14 turtles on view, many of whom will be released to their home pond this coming fall.
To date, the Oregon Zoo has released 737 western pond turtles in the wild. Biologists estimate that 95% of the turtles released have survived to repopulate. As a Global Giving donor, you are a key partner in this success – thank you! For more information on what you can do to save native turtles, click on the link below.
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