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New Jersey University Caring for 826 Rescued Baby Turtles Twitter 0 comments Splinter had a pretty tough job. It couldn’t have been easy raising four young mutant turtles while also training them to become martial arts experts. But that task doesn’t seem so imposing compared to what Stockton University in New Jersey is dealing with right now. The school is currently looking after 826 new baby turtles rescued from storm drains. And with so many little ones to care for, their pizza budget must be totally out of control. Lester Block/Stockton University Stockton University in Galloway Township, New Jersey is overflowing with baby diamondback terrapin turtles. (Which we first heard about at ....
Nearly 830 baby turtles were rescued from storm drains across the Jersey Shore. The 826 Diamondback terrapin hatchlings had been hiding from the cold winter temps in their nest chambers and recently hatched at the Stockton University vivarium. Stockton alumna Evelyn Kidd and her friends scooped the turtles from Ventnor and Margate, while Marlene Galdi and Joanne Fres rescued the turtles from Ocean City. When a baby terrapin successfully crawls across the street, they can meet yet another obstacle the curb, the university wrote. Marlene and Joanne regularly look for crossing terrapins to give them a hand. The women discovered that curbs aren t the only obstacles for the quarter-sized turtles, who are small enough to slip through cracks of storm drains. ....