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Want to purchase something or give a unique gift that helps turtles in our hospital? Our Adopt-a-Turtle program does just that! Each kit includes a personalized certificate of symbolic adoption, a "brake for turtles" bumper sticker, a unique microchip tag (does not allow tracking!), the story of a specific turtle from our hospital, and a $30 tax receipt. Choose between three great options: 1) Basic Kit (includes everything listed above, with NO plush turtle) 2) Plush Kit (includes everything in the basic kit, plus a CUTE PLUSH turtle) 3) Realistic Plush Kit (includes everything in the basic kit, plus a REALISTIC painted turtle plush)
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Ontario Reptile Handbook - A keying guide for conservation - Turtles of Ontario Stewardship Edition. Produced through a collaboration of reptile and conservation experts, this guide is chock-full of colour photos, range maps, and other helpful identification tools. Written by Miranda E. Virtanen and Scott D. Gillingwater
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This pocket guide has been designed to help naturalists identify Ontario's snakes, turtles, lizard, frogs, toads, salamanders, and Newts. many of which are considered to be Species At Risk.
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Saving Turtles: A Kid's Guide to Helping Endangered Creatures, 2nd Edition. A behind-the-scenes look at Ontario's hospital for severely injured turtles. by Sue Carstairs; Paperback; Sep 1 2024. Written by our own Dr. Sue Carstairs, OTCC's Executive and Medical Director, the 2nd Edition of Saving Turtles features 80 pages of new full-colour photos and illustrations and up-to-date information about species status and rehabilitation techniques. Find out what steps you can take to help turtles that are found injured or sick, and get a behind-the-scenes look at how OTCC repairs shattered shells, broken jaws, and injured skulls, nursing severely injured turtles back to health. This book is geared towards readers aged 9 to 12 but contains excellent information for all ages!
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Turtles of North America: An Illustrated Field Guide to the Turtles of the Continental United States and Canada by Kyle Horner (Author), Sue Carstairs (Introduction); Paperback; 208 pages; March 1 2024 Turtles of North America begins with an introduction to turtle biology, and continues with fully illustrated pages for each of the 64 species of turtles that inhabit the continental United States and Canada and the oceans that surround them. Find range maps, highlights of interesting or unusual features, and a section about turtle conservation that tells you how to protect and support these amazing animals.
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Chock-full of colour photos and useful information, Turtles of Ontario - A Stewardship Guide provides an in-depth look at each of our Ontario turtle species and how we can support their survival. Prepared by Toronto Zoo's Adopt-A-Pond Programme, this book is 76 pages long and measures 19 cm (7.5") x 14 cm (5.5").
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Identify all eight of Ontario's native turtle species using this handy double-sided ID guide.
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Wildlife On Roads: A Handbook by Kari E. Gunson & Frederick W. Schueler Paperback - 321 pages - 2019 The first in-depth handbook to empower citizen scientists to contribute to road ecology. Roads cover so much of the landscape that they amount to the largest human artifact their impact on wildlife is enormous! The rapidly emerging science of road ecology allows up to understand and measure the ecological footprint of roads and apply solutions.
