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Last month, I wrote a story about saving Ella, a 15-year-old snapping turtle from Patterson Creek.\u00a0 She had woken up early from hibernation because of the warm weather.\u00a0 With no available food, she was on he verge of starvation and dehydration by the time I rescued her.\u00a0 She has been in a rehab centre for turtles since April 6th under the care of loving volunteers from Turtleshelltortue.<\/p>\n

I am an educator, but even more, I have a passion for all life.\u00a0 It has been truly exciting to have been part of Ella\u2019s journey back to health.\u00a0 Sharing her journey with the children and families of this community has also been truly rewarding.<\/p>\n

It took her one month from the time she was rescued to the time when she willingly took her first bite of food without having to be tube fed.\u00a0 Not only is she eating fish, chicken and worms now, she is eating all of the time.\u00a0 She has become quite mobile, swimming and moving around on land, getting stronger every day.\u00a0 When someone enters the Rehab, she is up and looking around to find out who it is, sometimes even instinctually snapping!\u00a0 Suzanne and Michelle at Turtleshelltortue have surely put their hearts into helping Ella to become a strong and confident turtle again.\u00a0 It is with their love and support, along with our best wishes, that Ella has become part of all our families.<\/p>\n

In recognition of their work, on June 5th, the familes at Acorn organized and held a park party at Glebe Memorial Park, with all proceeds going to Turtleshelltortue to help fund the good work that they do.\u00a0 There was a used art sale, food, bake sale, games for the children, bookmarks, cards and turtle pendants designed by a local artiest, just to name a few.\u00a0 More details are on Ella\u2019s Facebook Page as to how you can also help.\u00a0 Although Ella the snaping turtle couldn\u2019t come to visit us during the park party, many of her friends did, with a Ministry of Resources representative.<\/p>\n

Hopefully, Ella will have been released back into her environment at Patterson Creek in the fall.\u00a0 We wish her a safe journey and a long life.\u00a0 Although we will miss her, we all understand what it is like to go home and that she still has her own life journey to live.\u00a0 It is much like what we do for our children throughout their lives.\u00a0 Because she came into our lives for this short time, she gave us an opportunity to observe her, to understand her ways and to have respect for her place in our world.<\/p>\n

Safe journey Ella!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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