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Shellebrate at Rolling Hills Zoo this Weekend

 

World Turtle Day is this Thursday the 23rd, and the Rolling Hills Zoo in Salina, Kansas will be "SHELLabrating" this Saturday the 25th with turtle activities starting at 10:00 that morning and a special Turtle Keeper Encounter is at 11:30am.  

 

The ornate box turtle is the state reptile of Kansas, and seven Kansas zoos are working together to evaluate its population across the state. The zoo says turtles are the most threatened group of vertebrates worldwide.

 

The project will be supervised by trained staff from seven state zoos accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. It will also include a citizen science component to engage the public in hands-on science. The three-year project will be the first viable ornate box turtle population study ever conducted in Kansas. Data collected will be shared with the Kansas Department of Wildlife Parks and Tourism and used to guide future decisions for ornate box turtles at both the state and national level.

 

The Rolling Hills Zoo is located in Salina, Kansas. Get ticket information at rollinghillszoo.org.

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