24-09-2022
Energy costs also cut Turtle shelter
Everyone has to deal with it, at people’s homes, the bakery, schools, factories but also many non-profit foundations and associations. The enormous energy …
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17-09-2022
Don't buy turtles...
Together with the Muskus and Florida turtle, the Sawback turtle is currently the species that you can buy everywhere. Where in the past the red and yellow …
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21-08-2022
Open day Schildpaddenopvang Harkema attracts more than 700 visitors.
What a fantastic open day with super nice and positive people. It was already more than 3 years ago that we were able to hold an open day. In the meantime,…
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08-08-2022
28 additional solar panels for the Turtle Shelter in Harkema.
On Monday 8 August, EGJ Elektro also from Harkema installed 28 additional solar panels in the east-west direction. The entire installation was made possibl…
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25-07-2022
Why does the government say to leave dumped turtles alone?
Our government but also the largest animal protection organization in the Netherlands has since 2 years the policy to leave invasive species of turtles or …
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09-07-2022
Mayor and council of the Municipality of Amsterdam welcomes animal suffering in the city!
Zita Pels, who became an Amsterdam alderperson on 1 June, appears to dismiss the turtle issue in just a few sentences by claiming that turtles living in th…
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11-06-2022
Schildpaddenreservaat Nederland
Every turtle shelter gets full, and then? Euthanasia as it has been done for years? And what is still given as advice by the big tough guys!? including our…
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10-06-2022
That’s what we’re all about!
We rescue turtles from the wild, who are otherwise doomed to death. Every turtle eventually gets sick in our wildlife, and suffering which can last for yea…
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20-05-2022
Turtles on Asphalt?
Turtles look for places in nature to warm up as quickly as possible. Asphalt roads are a huge source of heat and therefore animals are regularly hit, drive…
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06-05-2022
Great collaboration with Wildopvang Zuid-Holland
What a positivity! Stichting Schildpaddenopvang Nederland is happy to work together with other organisations to safely house turtles from all over the coun…
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05-05-2022
mini man turtle saved!
This mini man went for a walk last week out of his pond where he was put as a baby and had stayed 1.5 years. With his 4 cm, ice cold and a severe pneumonia…
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15-04-2022
Announcement Great Open Day!
After a long time of weighing and deciding, we have finally been able to set a new date for the big open day. After 3 years of not having held open days it…
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