Becca Pacey knew just who to call when she came across an injured turtle in Wilberforce. The turtle has a fishhook embedded in its nose and was the 222nd patient admitted to the KTTC in the summer over 2011. Once the turtle had recovered, Becca and her family released it back into the [...]
Turtles and tortoises are among the most endangered group of vertebrate animals in the world: more than half of the 328 known species are threatened with extinction. In Ontario, road mortality is one of the leading threats to turtles - but it is not the only one. Despite being listed as a species of special [...]
Erika, Christina, Raheal, Millie and Diyora (missing from photo) are 5 grade 6 students from Keele St. Mountview Alternative School in Toronto that raised close to $500 for turtles! They made bracelets and bookmarks to sell, collected donations in lieu of birthday gifts, and even donated their allowance!! Kate from KTTC visited the school to [...]
My passion for animals began in the early years. As a child it was all about cats (domestic & wild) and owls. I was fascinated by both and knew then how lucky we are to have wildlife in our world. It wasn't until many years later I had the opportunity to help wildlife that are [...]
KTTC is very pleased to announce that the Ontario Trillium Foundation has granted us $118,700 over 36 months to hire a development/sustainability coordinator. Having a fulltime coordinator will enhance our capacity for fund development, outreach and community engagement. Competition for the coordinator position was stiff - we received over 130 applications over the month of [...]
Turtles in Ontario face many challenges, but probably the most obvious is the interaction of turtles with roads as they move to access resources. As more and more roads are built that bisect turtle habitat the probability that a turtle will collide with a vehicle increases. Turtles are especially vulnerable to vehicle collisions because females [...]
Debrupa joined the KTTC as a board member in November 2011. She moved to Peterborough in April 2010 to work in the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and joined the KTTC after hearing about the great work they have been doing through friends in Fleming College. Debrupa is passionate about Ecology and Conservation and has [...]
As we say goodbye to The Year of the Turtle we'd like to thank the our incredibly committed volunteers, our 100+ members and many more private donors, and the grantors who helped us get through the busiest year in KTTC history. We're looking forward to working with you all again in 2012 in our quest [...]
With 655 admissions this year, including 370 hatchlings, KTTC reached capacity in numbers. Through increased collaboration and training of other rehabilitation centres, however, we were able to place many of the low-maintenance overwintering turtles with other centres, making room for the more intensive care individuals to recover at KTTC. In the coming year we expect [...]
Although "turtle season" has wound down and Canadian turtles have gone into hibernation, work for Kate Siena and Dr. Sue Carstairs continues. This winter there will be 191 turtles under care at the Kawartha Turtle Trauma Centre (KTTC). Peterborough's KTTC opened in 2002 and since then has successfully treated and released thousands of turtles back [...]
In this year's annual report the Environmental Commissioner Gord Miller shines a light on the government response statements issued by the Ministry of Natural Resources (on behalf of the Ontario government) under the Endangered Species Act. The statements describe the actions that the government will undertake to recover species listed under the act. In the [...]
Thanks to the Trillium Grant that we received last year, and some amazing media exposure, we have been able to spread the word across Ontario of the serious plight of our turtles. As a result, news has spread and Ontario has discovered us! While many more turtles are likely being moved safely out of harm’s [...]
