A Better Life For Trafficked Turtles

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🗓️ 6 November 2024

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

In North-Central New Jersey, there is a backyard teeming with around 200 turtles. Many of these shelled creatures have been rescued from the smuggling trade and are now being nursed back to health in order to hopefully be returned to the wild. Science reporter Ari Daniel joins host Regina G. Barber to tell the story behind one man's efforts to care for these turtles and to ensure they have a chance at another (better) life.

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0:30.1	All right, shortwavers. Today we're heading to a couple of secret places in New Jersey.
0:36.8	Wait, New Jersey.
0:38.5	Did I read that right, Ari?
0:39.7	You sure did, Gina.
0:42.0	Okay, Ari Daniel, esteemed science reporter.
0:43.4	I'm going to tell you something.
0:45.4	I've actually never been to New Jersey.
0:46.9	Oh, you got to go, Regina.
0:50.0	It is a great place, delightful place.
0:53.1	And, of course, it's rather well mapped. But New Jersey turns out to be ground zero for this turtle rehabilitation and release program that I came across.
1:00.5	Okay, rehabilitation from what?
1:02.8	From having been poached.
1:05.0	Of course, I've heard about this.
1:07.3	Poachers, they snatch up turtles.
1:09.8	They're illegally trafficked, like, all over the world because they can fetch, like, a really hefty sum.
1:15.3	Exactly.
1:16.2	Okay, so what did you find?
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