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Another Turtle Saved
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I've always had a thing for turtles.
Since I was a little kid.
I think they're like my 'totem animal spirit' or something.
I used to catch them and clean their shells and steal my mom's nail polish to paint my name on their shells.
I'd keep 'em for a day or two and let 'em go.
When I got to be a big person I pretty much stopped catchin' turtles for fun...
But everytime I see one on the road, I stop my vehicle, turn on the hazard lights and either help it across the road or take it to the little lake by my house.
Today I saw this big turtle tryin' to cross a busy highway.
There was no way it woudda made it and it was dangerous enough fo me to do what I hadda do...
I stopped all the traffic and I tried to pick this bad boy up to throw it in the back of my truck...
I almost lost a couple of fingers... it snapped at me after I pinned it's shell down with explosive speed... the thing actually jumped.
You don't think these things are fast until they come at your fingers in the blink of an eye.
It was almost a foot long across the shell and it hadda weigh ten to twelve pounds.
It's probably older than I am.
Another turtle lover stopped and between the two of us we were able to get the thing by the tail and into the pickup truck.
I stopped at my house... all the neighborhood kids came by and had a look and then we took it to the lake.
It took me more than twenty minutes to get it out of my truck.
That was one very angry turtle and I've got some serious gouges on my snowshovel to prove it.
Once it saw the water we let it out of the laundry basket that we carried it in and it was off!
Another turtle saved.
Turtles don't belong on the street
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Dusty -- Submitted by Carrie in Massillon, Ohio
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Reason #336,213: I found Dusty at a local dog pound I had recently started volunteering for, after losing my best friend Max. Max was an adorable Basset Hound, I loved for almost 14 yrs. My heart was broken when he died, I never wanted another dog. Then I saw this filthy, tick infested beagle/mix in a cage. So sick, and weak, he wouldn't even get up. Dusty was going to be PTS due to his age and health. He melted my heart at once, I took him home. Dusty even had 15 minutes of fame, he won 2nd place in a cutest dog contest hosted by Dick Goddard, local meteorologist and an animal advocate. I had the joy of being Dusty's friend for 16 months. Dusty died 8/16/11, but his paw prints are on my heart forever. [To submit your own reason why you love your pet, click here.]
