Someone illegally dumped more than 150 box turtles at the edge of a river in Cranford NJ July 29, the Cranford Fire Department reported on its Facebook page July 30. According to the fire department post, local residents, animal control officers and law enforcement were able to retrieve nearly 100 turtles, both native (Eastern box turtles, (Terrapene carolina)) to New Jersey and non native (Three-toed box turtle Terrapene carolina triunguis). Th…
The New Jersey wildlife rescue authorities and organizations are actively searching to locate some 50 box turtles that remain missing, after more than 150 specimens were illegally abandoned on the banks of a river in Cranford.