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Subscribe to RSSAbout two months ago, Tzvika was run over by a lawn mower and suffered severe damage to her shell and an injury that affected her ability to use her rear limbs. The wheels, attached by veterinarians at the safari, elevate the turtle to keep the shell from being worn down and enable her to walk.
Nir Elias / Reuters
A veterinarian holds Tzvika, an injured female turtle, at the Wildlife Hospital in the Ramat Gan Safari near Tel Aviv on January 5, 2011.
Nir Elias / Reuters
Tzvika, an injured female turtle, walks with the aid of her newly attached wheels at the Wildlife Hospital in the Ramat Gan Safari near Tel Aviv on January 5, 2011.
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You are so right! Thank you for your post.
One major problem with all of this. Its not a turtle its a tortoise. A Russian or Horsfield's tortoise. Good catch there fact finders
Perfect! A new quote for the times!
get over it demoRATs!!!!!!!!
With that set of wheels, she's gonna attract all of the tortoise guys for sure! May she cruise through life with ease, and have no more encounters with lawnmowers! Thanks to the folks who corrected a major injury with a little ingenuity and a lot of compassion.
LIGHTEN UP PEOPLE!!!
What on earth has this story to do with politics, or even the US? It happened in Israel!!! This is not front page news, either. It is a human, or animal for sticklers, interest story for those of us that value nature and other creatures. Before you start name calling, I am an politically independent , nonreligious person who values all human life. I feed geese, including two who are missing their left foot (and one also part of his left leg), the other birds caught by surprise by the unusual snow and ice we are having in Georgia, and the wild black kittens that live on my street. I have seen many doves, cardinals, and many other little birds this week and loved it. I also clean up after the geese (the phrase "like s--t through a goose" is very accurate) in case you are worried about the environment. I will have the greenest lawn in the neighborhood this Spring.
I have also been to the Turtle Center in Jekyll Island, GA, and the GAI marine center accross from Marineland, Fl, as part of a trip for Georgia Aquarium volunteers. You would be surprised what these nonprofit organization can do for turtles, tortoises, terrapins, dolphins, whales, etc. who are injured or otherwise not able to care for themselves in the wild.