At our animal orphan hospital in Bello Horizonte (PE), there was a moving release operation: 42 Terekay river turtles, confiscated from a black market, were finally able to return to nature. These endangered aquatic turtles had been cruelly hidden in large buckets filled with duck blood to conceal them from inspectors. Fortunately, this brutal plan failed, and the turtles came to us instead of being sold as pets or exported.

After an intensive quarantine period and careful antiparasitic treatment, our team at the OAH Peru was able to release the turtles into a nearby river.

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