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If Sue Carstairs' name seems familiar to you. that may be because she was part of the Stouftville Studio Tour for resources. Dr. Carstairs is also a professor of veterinary medicine at Seneca College. with 20 y'ears of experience in wildliie medicine. Working to save animals and their habitat has been “a lifelong passion," she said, I saw a random act of tunle kindness the other day. it happened only days before a renowned turtle doctor from Stoutfville. Sue Carstalrs. told me. “It everyone saves one turtle in their lifetime. it will make a difference." i saw the little turtle ambling across the road near our house when a big white truck approached. perilously close. Instead of roaring by. the driver scooped the creature up into a big sheaf of papers and gently released it at the pond's edge--in the direction the animal was travelling. Dr. Carstairs would have approved. 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That's why seven of OntariB'é eigHinVIaâ€"triv; 'tJrâ€"tle species are a! risk. In the wild, about one in 200 survive to adulthood. Most are injured or kulled by vehicles. Many are threatened by habitat loss. pollution._h_unting and natural predators. The reality that contronts stall at the Kawanha Turtle Trauma Centre every day is that of the 2.000 or so eggs incubated this year, only half will hatch. The centre keeps as many turtle hatchllngs as they can for several months so the creatures have a better chance of survival once released. a number at years. showing her pastel and pencil portraits of cdmpanion animals. horses and wildlife. but now “turtles haye taken over my life!". the turtle doctor said. Lil) \lu Staff from the Kawartha Turfle Trauma‘Cgr-IIFe visit LANDSCAPE SUPPLIES m! lwr 1R" lllllllll I'll Mr "M" In ,Ilw lm5 .4 slop IIN has significant cons uences. ectin almost eve or an s stem in the bod . k: 9 rY \f‘ - Huffpost Healthy anmg mmmmwm Every Month All Regular Priced Merchandise Wammmm a, v 6212 Main Street 0 905-640-3324 Tuesday. Juiy 7th. 2015 @. 7:00_ pm Check out the Kawartha Turtle Trauma Centre's website at kawartha'umeorg to learn more or to donate. The centre is part of the OntarioWildlifeRescue.ca network. which will iink you with other such centres thrpughout the province. It is open 8 am. to 8 pm. It you find a turtle that has been injured. call the centre at 705-741-5000 to alert them and for instructions on how best to safely transport the animal. It's probably wiser not to pick the animal up with your bare hands. Snapping turtles. for instance, can make a good dent in a hockey stick. The Kawanha Turtle Trauma Centre's work is funded by private donations and it welcomes volunteers, visitors â€" and donors. The young students must have been fascinated by the fact that this creature has lived on our planet longer than even the dinosaurs - around 220 million years. But now their numbers are dwindling alarmingly‘ More than half of the world's 300 or so turtle species are threatened with extinction. schools. naturalist clubs and other groups to talk turtles. One of these was the ECO Club at Glad Park Public School In Stouftville. where the youngsters were insplred to make their own ‘palnted turtles’ using found rocks. They enthusiastically tell their schoolmates - and anyone wrthln earshot -what they have learned about these animals. , a W Last Wednesday ol- r‘u I- w: m CHECK US OUT ON FACEBOOK" Stouffvi/Ie Free Press - /u/y«2015 0 23 HOURS: Mfg-Fr? 93 5m 95 ; Sun Hofidays 14