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Florida: FWC Investigates Dozens of Keystone Heights Turtle Deaths

01/10/2012 Leave a comment Go to comments

By Karen Voyles – “The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is trying to figure out what killed dozens of turtles in the Keystone Heights recently.

Commission spokeswoman Karen Parker said a resident in the Smith Lake area noticed the dead turtles and reported them over the weekend.

The turtles – many found at the end of Pinon Road – did not appear to have any signs they died of a traumatic death, Parker said.

‘It was possibly a cold stress event,’ Parker said, ‘but it is too early in the investigation to say for certain.’

State research biologists will be working to determine the cause of death, a process that could take weeks.” Source – Gainesville.com.

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    Anonymous
    01/16/2012 at 2:02 PM
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    Turtles are dying in St. Johns, FL along SR 210 and Durbin Creek areas. The turtles have just about disappeared from the lakes and ponds in local neighborhoods. It is a tragic sight and it makes you winder what is going on.

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    Anonymous
    04/10/2014 at 10:57 AM
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    I too live along CR 210 in Cimarrone and have noticed a lot of turtles dying out of our ponds. It seems to have happened this spring,

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