Turtle Taxi Provider needs to move the injured reptiles to the Volunteers for rehabilitation
Launched in 2024, taxi carpes is a transport service for turtles – more especially, injured turtles – which operates in Quebec.
The initiative is run by Canada’s Nature Conservancy and aims to maximize the possibilities of the injured turtles surviving, which transport volunteers safely and quickly to a special rehabilitation center at Laval, Qu, Q.
All with eight species of Cubek’s native freshwater turtles are described either as endangered or weak, the organization is now looking for more volunteer drivers.
According to Montreal, habitat is contributing to factor in the event of destruction and decline, and some species, like wooden turtles, are also threatened with illegal trade and illegal trade. Espace pour la vie,
But Francisco Ratamal-Diaz, a project manager with Canada’s Nature Conservancy, said, “One of the most harmful things for the population is the road mortality rate.”
All in a weekend12:07Quebec requires “turtle taxi” and you can volunteer
Turtles are coming out of hibernation and this means they may be at risk of hitting cars or boats. We find out how you can help injured turtles by becoming a turtle taxi or taxi carpes for a program in Nature Conservancy Canada. For more information, go to Carapace.ca.
The important time of the year involves spring from late May to the beginning of June, when turtles start walking after hibernation, then in July, when female turtles make their way to nesting sites, and then around October, when they go back to their hibernation sites.
Ratamal-Diaz reported that turtle site performs fidelity, which means that they would return to the same summer habitat and nest hunting residence, year after year.
He said, “Everywhere in the world is very much where there are turtles and humans, roads are being constructed and turtles will not adapt their movements and they will have to cross them every year,” he said, it is a behavior that can be passed through genes.
1 adult turtle death can set back the population for decades
Other animals make other animals particularly weak when crossing the streets as an inability to adapt to the inability of turtles and move quickly.
Because turtles may take time to reach reproductive maturity, from species for 10 to 20 years, only one adult turtle dies in a road accident can set back the population for 20 years, Retamal-Diaz said.
It is from here that the need of volunteers comes into the game.
“That’s why we built Canada’s Platform Nature Conservancy Carapace.ca“Ratamal-Diaz said.
“Its purpose is to document road mortality and where there are turtles on the road, so we can prevent mitigation measures such as fences or signals and plan that warning drivers.”
Friday is World Turtle Day. It is an annual reminder to protect turtles and their missing natural habitats. The Terrand is a land-based teacher of the chartrand red Osier Guild, which is a kitchen-based collective focused on environmental protection and existence. Chartrand told CBC KW’s East Shetty why turtles are important for parks and natural places in the Waterloo region.
In addition to the people who report to the turtle philosophy or to ensure that they reach the road safely, volunteers need to transport turtles that are in the crisis of éco-nature Center Day Ribbation Des Torts Do Quebec In Laval.
Éco-Nature says it has been involved in the work of turtle conservancy for 20 years with activities aimed at protecting, restoring and reinforcing turtle houses.
50 volunteers, 3,600 km
Sometimes, volunteers with taxi carpes will offer a type of shuttle service, in which the drivers hand over the turtle at a meat-up point.
With turtles found in southern Quebec, as far as abitibi as abitbi can be too much ground to cover the west and east.
To date, Canada’s Nature Conservancy says that more than 50 volunteers have joined the taxi initiative, with more than 3,600 kilometers.
While veterinarians can help stabilize a turtle while waiting for a turtle, the rehabilitation center provides special care including turtle physiotherapy.
It is important for the injured turtles to build their muscles before they are released back into the wild, Ratimal-Diaz said, otherwise they would be more insecure for predators.
Of the 93 turtles issued in 2024, 32 were released by the Natural Conservancy of Canada, by volunteers.
It may seem that there is a lot of effort to save the life of a small reptiles, but the retamal-diaz played an important role in maintaining the health of the ecosystem.
He compared the role of the turtle to a watchman.
“Most of the turtles are a non-commonist. So they eat algae, they eat fish, they eat snails, they eat a lot of things. And so they contribute to maintaining healthy wetlands,” said retamal-diaz.
He said that the wetlands provide several benefits, including flood conservation, improvement of water quality and climate change mitigation.
More information about becoming a volunteer turtle taxi driver is available on the carpes website.
