The New York Turtle and Tortoise Society

Turtle Care and Husbandry

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Consequences of Bad Turtle Care

Video from Mid-Atlantic
Turtle & Tortoise Society


Katrina Smith of MATTS created this video to show the problems caused when pet keepers use or receive bad information to care for thier turtles. Please help prevent this from happening — don't take turtles from the wild to be kept as pets, and do your research from multiple sources if you are buying or acquiring a pet.

NYTTS salutes MATTS for producing this excellent video!

The song “Monster You Made” is from the War of Angels CD by Pop Evil, which was released in 2011.


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