Turtle Rescue

After a fairly quiet, peaceful Saturday my husband and I had the chance to rescue a snapping turtle that wandered into our neighborhood. We attempted to get him into a very large plastic bucket, one that you could use for toy storage or keg container. He successfully escaped into the back of the jeep. Thankfully a neighbor had a large pet carrier that Greg was able to wrangle him into. Luckily he did not lose any fingers during the process (I'm talking about Greg)!

This picture doesn't quite capture how large he was. Check out the nails. We took him to The Sarvey Wildlife Care Center up in Arlington. We were impressed with this place. http://www.sarveywildlife.org/. They were impressed with our find as well.

My pictures were taken with my phone, so not very clear but this was a snowy owl they were rehabbing.

He kept his back to us, camera shy!

I thought I was being clever, but he turned his head.

They went in to feed this bald eagle for us. This one is 17 years old and part of their educational program. Most animals are rehabbed and released back into the wild.


Incredible experience and no one was hurt in the process!