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Turtle Kept in Darkness on a Diet of Cat Food, Feels the Sun for the First Time in 50 Years

A wild eastern box turtle got her first taste of fresh air and sunshine in decades after she was moved from a New York home to a New Jersey animal rehabilitation ...
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After nearly 50 years cooped up inside, Rockalina the turtle finds the great outdoors

Rockalina was an adult eastern box turtle living in the wild when she was taken into a New York home in 1977. When a reptile rehabilitation center... After nearly 50 years cooped up inside, Rockalina ...
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For 50 years, Rockalina the turtle lived on a kitchen floor. Now she has a new friend

The story of Rockalina the turtle — who was rescued after nearly a half-century of neglect — now has a new character. Enter an Oreo-sized baby turtle, who will be Rockalina's new friend and who ...
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Turtle Kept in Darkness on a Diet of Cat Food, Feels the Sun for the First Time in 50 Years

An eastern box turtle kept as a pet has been rehabilitated by a rescue in New Jersey and got her first chance to see the sun in decades this month Charlotte Phillipp is a Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE.
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After nearly 50 years cooped up inside, Rockalina the turtle finds the great outdoors

Garden State Tortoise founder Chris Leone gets plenty of requests to take in turtles people can no longer care for. Rockalina's case was different. "Like we do in any rescue, we ask to see the photos ...