World Turtle Day
Beginning in 2000, ATR sponsored World Turtle Day in an effort to increase awareness of the plight of turtles and tortoises and the environments that support them.
Read more about this topic: American Tortoise Rescue
Famous quotes containing the words world, turtle and/or day:
“I will chide no breather in the world but myself, against
whom I know most faults.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“The second day of Christmas,
My true love sent to me
Two turtle doves,”
—Unknown. The Twelve Days of Christmas (l. 4–6)
“Before a day was over,
Home comes the rover,
For mother’s kiss—sweeter this
Than any other thing!”
—William Allingham (1824–1889)