Abandoned pet turtles ‘far more widespread than initially thought’
Two red-eared slider turtles – a hatchling and a more mature specimen. Photo: RNZ / Libby Kirkby-McLeod Visitors to Hamilton Gardens can go reptile spotting at Turtle Lake, but the red-eared slider turtles the lake is named after are a global pest that don’t belong in New Zealand’s waterways. The Global Invasive Species Group ranked … Read more