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Index of Subjects Maybe Kents at MicMac Mall might want it. In their Garden Center they have an artificial pond with 3 (I believe) Red-eared Sliders residing in it. As for DNR, I recall an incident not long ago where a family had their Slider that had been their pet for years, confiscated by DNR. They were going to destroy it and the family, I believe, had to take the whole situation to court & it was only then that DNR released it to the Wildlife park. Gayle MacLean Dartmouth ---- Dusan Soudek <soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > This afternoon, on the way from work, I finally succeeded in capturing the "Sawmill River" Red-eared Slider, a.k.a. Red-eared Turtle, native to the Southern U.S.A. Apparently it had been released by someone with a connection to the nearby Marine House, the regional headquarters of DFO. > I reported my sightings of the exotic turtle here in August. DNR and John Gilhen of the Nova Scotia Museum of Nature were concerned, as this species has the potential to establish itself in the wild in Southern Canada, as may have already happened near Hamilton, Ontario. It tends to outcompete the native Eastern Painted Turtle. Local DNR staff were planning to capture it. > In August I could locate the reptile only during sunny afternoons, when it sunned itself on a slanted slab of concrete near the downstream end of the long culvert that drains "Sawmill River" from Sullivans Pond to Dartmouth Cove. But I haven't seen it for weeks, and assumed that it either moved away or that DNR succeeded in capturing it. > This afternoon it was sunny, the tide was out, and there was minimal flow in the downtown stream, with excellent visibility in the pool below the culvert's end. The turtle was sunning itself again, but this time at a slightly different location. I failed to catch the turtle while it was still out of water, but had no problem picking it up from the mud at the bottom of the knee-deep pool in the stream. > Right now the turtle is in a plastic tub at my house. It looks healthy, as it is quite active. I have no interest in keeping it, but am willing to give it to anyone willing and able to look after it. Otherwise I will contact DNR to have it picked up. In which case the Red-eared Turtle will likely end up in the Shubenacadie Wildlife Park. > Dusan Soudek
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