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R E C E N T E V E N T S
2009 SDTTS TURTLE AND TORTOISE SHOW AND PLANT SALE Weekend show at Balboa Park on July 25-26
2009 SAN DIEGO COUNTY FAIR Just in: This video of fair animals from San Diego News Network (SDNN.com)
One of the featured animals: SDTTS's "Lightning!"
Charming in his own way was Lightning, a
captive-raised, California desert tortoise who’s about 40 years old. He served
as goodwill ambassador for the San Diego Turtle & Tortoise Society, which adopts out
about 100 of the animals each year. “He’s the most personable tortoise,” said society president Ginny Stigen.
“He’s a real people tortoise.” As she held him, you could almost imagine him smiling.
EARTH FAIR - BALBOA PARK April 19th Earth Fair in Balboa Park was attended by tens of thousands of people. Our booth was manned by Jessica Niehoff, Rich Rinde and Gary Burrows - all who fielded many questions, shared lots of turtle stories and generated public interest to our Society. This event annually gives us the largest exposure to the public.
EXCELLENT TURN-OUT FOR 3/28 DESERT TORTOISE SEMINAR
The March 28th SDTTS Desert Tortoise Seminar was a fantastic success. Presentations were made by Michael Conner from the Western Watershed Project, Dr. Todd Driggers of the Phoenix Herpetological Society, and Don Williams from the California Turtle and Tortoise Club. Desert Tortoises were on exhibit. And there was a live demonstration of Desert Tortoise banding.
The turnout was excellent, with someone from the Elks Lodge reporting to me that there were over 140 in attendance. The Poway Elks did an excellent job of serving a great lunch to all.
SAN DIEGO CENTER FOR CHILDREN March 13th Rich Rinde and Gary Burrows presented an introduction to turtles/tortoises and fielded questions from the 30-35 students at the San Diego Center for Children. Click on any photo to enlarge.
SDTTS TRIP TO GALAPAGOS ISLANDS November 2008
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