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World Turtle Day is celebrated every May 23 to help people celebrate and protect turtles and tortoises and their disappearing habitats around the world.

CHILDREN EXAMINE A BOX TURTLE AT STILLWATER, NEW YORK, NEAR ADIRONDACK FOREST PRESERVE, 07/1973
Anne LaBastille, photographer.  From the EPA’s DOCUMERICA series 
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World Turtle Day is celebrated every May 23 to help people celebrate and protect turtles and tortoises and their disappearing habitats around the world.

CHILDREN EXAMINE A BOX TURTLE AT STILLWATER, NEW YORK, NEAR ADIRONDACK FOREST PRESERVE, 07/1973

Anne LaBastille, photographer.  From the EPA’s DOCUMERICA series 

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    I wish I had known it was World Turtle Day so I could have celebrated properly
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    No such thing as a bad turtle.
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    Turtle Day!
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    Day! WTD was started in 2000 by the American Tortoise Rescue...promote awareness
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    @norajoandtheinfinitesnow this makes me think of you. shall we crochet a turtle soon?
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