(above) Garrett Brenden, a Zoo Corp teen with Woodland Park Zoo, released western pond turtles on Thursday as part of the Western Pond Turtle Recovery Project. Photo courtesy of Rachel Gray/Woodland ...

COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE, Ore. (KPTV) - Nineteen northwestern pond turtles that were cared for at the Oregon Zoo were released into the wild last week. The turtles were gathered from wild sites and have ...

Vermont banned the import and sale of pond slider turtles, including red-eared sliders, to protect native species. Pond sliders compete with native turtles for resources and can spread diseases.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Nineteen northwestern pond turtles have been growing in the Oregon zoo’s lab, and now they’re heading back to nature. Conservationists took the endangered turtles to ponds ...