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1:01 The OKC Zoo received 11 young alligator snapping turtles through a partnership with the Tishomingo National Fish Hatchery, which has a program to raise, rear and reintroduce the vulnerable species into their native habitat. Before being released back into the wild, Seamus Ehrhard, the OKC Zoo’s assistant curator of herpetology, says the turtles will stay at the zoo until they are about four-years-old. “Alligator snapping turtles really have no natural predators as an adult, but when they re younger and they’re smaller, they have predators such as mammals, birds and other turtles,” he said. “So during the very sensitive time when they’re very young, if you take the time to grow them up and feed them and make sure they re very healthy before we release them, the odds are they have a higher chance of having a better lifespan and surviving in the wild.” ....
OKC Zoo partners with alligator snapping turtle head start program to help vulnerable species The Shawnee News-Star The Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden recently welcomed 11 young alligator snapping turtles to their temporary home in the Zoo’s Underground habitat, located inside the Children’s Zoo. Hatched at the Tishomingo National Fish Hatchery (TNFH), Tishomingo, Oklahoma, the turtles are a part of their head start program to raise, rear and introduce alligator snapping turtles back into their native habitat. The Zoo just received the first group of young alligator snapping turtles in partnership with TNFH and will continue to receive additional turtles as they continue to age out of the head start program. The turtles will live at the Zoo’s Underground habitat until they have reached four years of age. At that time, they will be returned to TNFH, and then the turtles will be released into the wild. ....
The Oklahoma City Zoo recently welcomed 11 young alligator snapping turtles to the Children’s Zoo to help the vulnerable species survive in the Sooner State. ....
Press Release Release Date: February 12, 2021 by Chickasaw Nation Media Relations Office On the banks of Pennington Creek in Oklahoma the first Chickasaw Nation Constitution was drafted in 1856. The creek holds historic and cultural significance to the Chickasaw people. Few places are as historically valuable as Pennington Creek for the Chickasaw Nation. Meandering through the center of Tishomingo, Oklahoma, Pennington Creek serves as a reminder of perseverance of the Chickasaw people. Now named Tishomingo, the area on the banks of Pennington Creek that would become the capital of the Chickasaw Nation was previously named Good Spring. The site played a significant role in the future settlement of the Chickasaw Nation. With an abundance of fresh, clean drinking water, many Chickasaws would come to live on the banks of Pennington Creek after Removal from the Chickasaw Homeland east of the Mississippi River. ....