$200 from CIBC
Thank you to the CIBC branch on Lansdowne Street for your donation of $200!
July 2011
June 2011
The KTTC Needs Your Help!
I am writing to you because we need your help. Despite tremendous successes, Kawartha Turtle Trauma Centre (KTTC) is at the risk of closing its doors before this season is over. Turtle nesting season is upon us and female turtles all across Ontario are leaving the safety of the water to search for nesting sites. [...]
KTTC Needs Your Help to Raise $8,000
As Kawartha Turtle Trauma Centre faces closure due to unprecedented numbers of injured turtles admitted, a threatened Blanding’s turtle is ready for release following one year of treatment. May 2010, a female Blanding’s turtle was seriously injured after being struck by a car while attempting to cross a road to nest. Bleeding and with her [...]
May 2011
2nd Annual Art of the Turtle Raises $7K!
Just a sampling of the 70 pieces of artwork that were up for auction! Seventy pieces of art were sold by live and silent auction at our second annual "The Art of the Turtle" on May 14. Organizers estimate that the event raised $7,000 for the KTTC! More details and further thank yous will be [...]
Do crossing signs work?
Eco-Kare in cooperation with the Ontario Road Ecology Group and other partners (including KTTC!) is creating an inventory of the approximately 700 turtle crossing signs in Ontario to determine where and how they are placed in the landscape. The project is funded by the 2011 Ministry of Transportation Ontario (MTO) Highway Infrastructure Innovation Funding Program [...]
KTTC on Guelph’s Pioneer Radio
KTTC veterinarian Dr Carstairs interviewed on Pioneer Radio: Animal Rescue on Pioneer Radio
Cast your vote in support of ecopassages!
Support the construction of ecospassages at Longpoint Causeway by casting your vote on Shell's "fuelling change" site.
CHEX News: Turtle Trauma on the Rise
Volunteer Kate talks turtle on CHEX News
April 2011
The Art of the Turtle 2011
Friday, May 13, 2011 7-10pm, viewing at 6pm Peterborough Public Library $20 KTTC members / $30 non-members Tickets available now online or at Titles Bookstore (379 George St N, Peterborough) Last year's The Art of the Turtle event raised over $13,000 for the KTTC! The event was a resounding success, and our volunteers [...]
Feature Volunteer: Sam Conroy
Sam Conroy is KTTC’s resident Wormologist. Sam has been a turtle person since her childhood when she was given a red eared slider to care for. Throughout her teaching career Sam has worked with her students to introduce them to the outdoors and to the plants and animals of the wetlands in their own neighbourhoods. [...]
Anne Trimm
Anne Trimm has been a turtle lover for several years and has also been active in helping rescue dogs and cats. Westies are her special passion, but she also fosters injured cats while they recover, and has rescued countless numbers of turtles and other wild animals on her regular walks in the rural area where [...]
Annual General Meeting – An Update From Your Board of Directors
by Tracy McNaught, KTTC Chair Our AGM was held on Saturday April 9 at the Orientation Centre at Riverview Zoo. We had a small but engaged turn-out of members (it was the first real spring day of the season after all). My thanks to all who came out. So what did you miss? My witty [...]