The Gazette

Specially trained dogs help find — and save — ornate box turtles

JOHNSON COUNTY — In a copse of trees in Johnson County, birdsong trilled over the sound of nearby cars on Monday. In this small patch of wilderness, hidden away behind houses and businesses, John ...
NPR

Box turtles. Coral. These illegally trafficked animals still need a good home

TORRANCE, Calif. — In the back of an office building, in a small room that smells like rotting strawberries, a criminal investigator watches his evidence crawl around on wood chips in five open ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Turtle dogs: Hunting for threatened ornate box turtles with Boykin spaniels

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wqad

These hunting dogs are sniffing for turtles… not to eat but to save

JOHNSON COUNTY, Iowa-- A group of Boykin Spaniels is helping a threatened species one hunt at a time. The dogs from Montana are specially trained to sniff out and retrieve turtles. "They spontaneously ...
Lehigh Valley Live

Can this turtle help promote wildlife conservation in Pennsylvania?

State lawmakers this week advanced a proposal to make the Eastern box turtle Pennsylvania’s official reptile. The House Game and Fisheries Committee on Tuesday voted without dissent to send the ...