PET Talk: Turtles and Tortoises

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Join Rich Rinde, President of the San Diego Turtle & Tortoise Society, to learn all about caring for turtles and tortoises! San Diego Turtle & Tortoise Society rescues and adopts out over 500 turtles & tortoises every year. Rich will be speaking on several different species of turtles & tortoises that he currently owns and that live in his backyard. He will show photos of them and talk about what they eat and the habitat they live in under his care.

Watch past lectures and see upcoming P.E.T. Talk schedule here.

Published: October 13, 2021

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