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- July 8, 2019
How your old bras can help save injured turtles
The Carolina Waterfowl Rescue has a unique method to save our shelled friends.
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The Carolina Waterfowl Rescue specializes in birds and reptiles, but will take in any animal that is in need of care.
Among the animals Carolina Waterfowl Rescue helps is the slow-walking, adorable turtle, which suffer more injuries than people realize.
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Gordon told “GMA” that “90% of all turtles hit are females laying eggs. Yellow belly sliders and snapping turtles only come out of the water one time during the year for that reason.”
There is also a lesson for people who want to help turtles trying to cross the road: do not change their direction!
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“Box turtles stay in a mile radius their whole life. People try to relocate them and be good people by turning them around, but a little turtle GPS tells these box turtles that they need to get back home and end up getting killed finding their way,” Gordon said.
After posting on Facebook their need for old bras on June 27, Carolina Waterfowl Rescue has just begun receiving donations.
As it does not want to waste functioning bras, CWR has partnered with a local women’s shelter to donate the usable bras and only recycle for themselves those that no longer work.
In addition to bras, here is a short list of items you can donate to Carolina Waterfowl Rescue and other wildlife rescue centers:
- Substrate for bedding
- UV lightbulbs
- Heat lamps
- Mealworms (food costs the most)
- Medications
- Rubbermaid totes -- CWR drills a hole, adds mesh, and ta-da! A perfect turtle hospital.
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Wherever you are, look up your local wildlife rescue center. Notify them of injured animals you find, and if there is a hurt turtle on the side of the road, their slow metabolism means there is plenty of time to help save their life!
If you would like to contribute to helping the turtles and other animals in need at CWR, you can send items to: Carolina Waterfowl Rescue, P.O Box 1484, Indian Trail, NC 28079
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