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24-03-2025
Harkema 24-03-2025 – Stichting Schildpaddenopvang Nederland and the Speakbois voor Dieren, which represents a large number of Dutch municipalities and anim…
Read the article21-02-2025
After years of struggle and hope, we have unfortunately had to deal with a major setback. The fund on which we had placed all our hopes has given us a nega…
Read the article03-02-2025
We need a lot of good positive energy in the coming time! We have made a number of applications for funds to help us make the turtle reserve a reality. The…
Read the article02-02-2025
We regularly receive collections of turtle figurines donated by people to sell for the benefit of the shelter. Unfortunately, there are sometimes also moun…
Read the article12-01-2025
This about 3 years old sawback turtle was found today in Veenendaal, it is always the question really found or really really found.... especially in this t…
Read the article19-12-2024
The municipality of Lansingerland has become the first municipality in the Netherlands to provide us with a direct subsidy for the sanctuary of found turtl…
Read the article18-12-2024
This week Primary School Icarus from Heemstede held a Christmas market for the benefit of the turtle shelter. Earlier this year their two "school" turtles …
Read the article02-12-2024
We are going to do something fun this year, right now 15 volunteers from the shelter are going to do a cold Christmas dip in 1 of our new pools to raise mo…
Read the article24-11-2024
We feel a little fooled with the solar panels... In recent years we have invested heavily in solar panels to compensate for our electricity consumption as …
Read the article27-10-2024
And rest assured dear owners, you can keep your turtle just as it is at the beginning of the rules. Make sure you can prove that you already had them befor…
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