These photos are of my journey to find a 5 year old Red Eared Slider Turtle a good home. She was brought into my workplace in a VERY small tank with no adequate food or shelter. I took her in and thought it would be easy to place her with someone. I was wrong!

After going online and educating myself about these turtles I found out that it is illegal to sell them in New Jersey. So I was unable to find anyone willing to take her. I called zoos, aquariums, pet supply stores, rescue groups, veterinarians you name it. I also learned that it is illegal and harmful to release it into the wild.

The only people that responded to help me was Turtle Rescue of Long Island.(http://www.turtlerescues.com)I spoke to 2 wonderful people, Steve and Julie. And made the trek to Long Island to bring the turtle, who I named Mrytle, to Julie's foster pond.

The following photos are mostly of the ponds and turtles on Julie's wonderful property.

PS...Mrytle was shipped to warm climate (Florida) to live happily ever after in a beautiful pond :-)

Jeanne Urna
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