Prison inmates rehabilitate western pond turtles
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Channel: The Columbian · 2016 · News & Politics
Two inmates from Larch Corrections Center in Yacolt, WA, helped rehabilitate nine western pond turtles that suffered shell disease. With the help of the Oregon Zoo and the Sustainability in Prisons Project, the turtles were recently released back into the Columbia River Gorge. Footage from release provided by The Oregon Zoo
