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Rescued box turtles are being cared for at the Mercer County Wildlife Center in New Jersey as they get ready to hibernate for the winter. Staff at the center are preparing the animals for the cold months ahead after they were brought in for rehabilitation, drawing local attention to the center's ongoing wildlife rescue work.
- 2New Jersey wildlife centre cares for 219 abandoned box turtles●A New Jersey wildlife centre is caring for 219 box turtles after hundreds were dumped near a river; rescu
A New Jersey wildlife centre is caring for 219 box turtles after hundreds of the reptiles were found dumped near a river. Rescue workers are working to rehabilitate the animals, and the scale of the abandonment has prompted attention and questions about how the turtles came to be discarded in such large numbers.