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Conservation Officers located and seized two protected live western painted turtles from a Kelowna man who had pilfered them for a private pond on his property.
MILLTOWNÂ â Why did the turtle climb the hill? The answer apparently eludes many well-intentioned people who keep picking up western painted turtles and putting them back in ponds or rivers. What they donât realize, according to University of Montana wildlife biology assistant professor Erim Gomez, is that the move actually sets back turtle survival. Gomez and his students had been combing Milltown State Park researching frog and salamander reproduction when they came across a fresh nest of turtle eggs on a little hilltop. Soon afterward, they met another park visitor who said theyâd just ârescuedâ a turtle that couldnât find the water.