Post by wayne020668 on Oct 28, 2012 23:02:15 GMT
turtle rescue was set up nearly 26 yrs ago to helps these wonderful animals in their time of need, we have given our time and knowledge and humane trap capability's to ensure they get a second chance in life and our work comes with people like Ben Bennett our local vet who often offers his time for nothing to see they get the best, i have been doing this for 26yrs and often asked nothing as we are self funded through the sales of our products to keep all this going but when you meet a vet who who not only cares and comes to us to treat these terrapins & turtles that have been abused due to people simply not doing their homework and often dumped, and leaving the medicine in your bathroom and phoning you to ask if he had, knowing we would use it to keep cost's down for us hence his way of helping... and all the volunteers that have provided endless help in keeping us going from Joe blogs to Dan the wizard that sorts are computers out to the local council and local bobby who knows just who to ring, so it is with very sad regret that the Harwich centre that funded turtle rescue u.k will not be taking anymore turtles & terrapins in period.... all product sales have dropped by 81% and like everyone these days is feeling the pinch, so it's with a heavy heart that this centre has decided to call it a day. i would just like to say that every turtle here will live out their lives in comfort but we will not be taking any more on from now on due to ever increasing costs and always from our own pockets mostly leaving us to simply shut down... i am personally gutted but ask for no phone calls or sudden food sale's as this will not change the out come as funds will cease in or on the 1st of Jan. we would like to think we have changed the lives of many in all the yrs we have tried to help & will still help all those that simply ask but from this end bills don't pay themselves.. we would however like to say that both our others centres are still going and thank everyone that has helped us in the past... all my deepest thanks, Wayne at turtle rescue u.k.... 
