29-03-2025
Gift from Grandma, illegal import from China....
The paint is eventually deadly or causes overgrowth, rot, etc. Our doctor is going to see what else can be done... They are now banned in the EU red-faced …
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24-03-2025
Stichting Schildpaddenopvang Nederland and Spoekbuis voor Dieren plead for turtle reserve at Tweede Kamer
Harkema 24-03-2025 – Stichting Schildpaddenopvang Nederland and the Speakbois voor Dieren, which represents a large number of Dutch municipalities and anim…
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21-02-2025
💔 With pain in our hearts we have to share this news...
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…
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03-02-2025
Help us make this dream come true!!
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…
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02-02-2025
Sea turtle
We regularly receive collections of turtle figurines donated by people to sell for the benefit of the shelter. Unfortunately, there are sometimes also moun…
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12-01-2025
The first found turtle of 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…
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19-12-2024
First grant from the Municipality of Lansingerland
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…
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18-12-2024
Christmas market Primary school Icarus from Heemstede
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 …
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02-12-2024
Christmas dive 2024: Crew Schildpaddenopvang Harkema
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…
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24-11-2024
We feel a little fooled with the solar panels...
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 …
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