Photo Gallery :: Rescued a turtle from the street today!

[Lissa]

We found this lovely girl in the middle of the road today on our way home. We took her to the nearest lake approximately 1/4 a mile away. I wonder why she would travel so far from the water? It's hard to imagine my little guy (or girl, not sure yet) getting that big.

[xfallwithmexo]

Wow, that is pretty far away. Maybe looking for a place to lay eggs.

[sflemin2]

Haha.. I wonder if people thing we are crazy when we run out in traffic to save turtles. I do it all the time! Maybe there was a creek near by? She will like that lake better than the creek! That was nice of her to stick her head out for a picture

[valladin82]

I always try to save turtles now when I see them in the road. It took only one time of passing one by and on my way back it was ran over..seriously ridiculous that a turtle can be hit by a car. But I told myself that from now on I will stop traffic.

[Sora]

How self-less . Thats nice to see, and not to mention you drove out of your way to re-locate it. . We have DiamondBacks here that either get run over or damaged on their way to a better location and no one really tries to save them. I myself haven't come across one, but if I did, I think I would help it

[sflemin2]

We have quite a few turtles around here. A lot of snappers. And we have a lot of backroads (West Virginia). I don't know why but quite a few peoples around here stop traffic to help turtles across the street even several of my friends who dont have any pets at all. I have never seen one run over thankfully . We hit mostly dear and possums around here

[redforman]

Nice rescue! I always rescue turtles from the road. I always feel so good about it when I put them to safety in the direction they were headed. I find myself always looking at objects on the road when I'm driving, just in case its a turtle crossing the road. Love the picture!

[valladin82]

Nice rescue! I always rescue turtles from the road. I always feel so good about it when I put them to safety in the direction they were headed. I find myself always looking at objects on the road when I'm driving, just in case its a turtle crossing the road. Love the picture!

Thats so funny you say that because I do the same thing. I see something in the road I slow to almost a complete stop till I figure out what it is, then I keep driving. If its a turtle the people behind me will just have to suffer a few minutes delay while I get the poor thing out of harms way.

[redforman]

LOL! I'm exactly the same way! Glad to know I'm not the only one!!! Hip-Hip-Horray! For Turtle Rescuers!