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:
“The body and the soul know how to play
In that dark world where gods have lost their way.”
—Theodore Roethke (1908–1963)
“The second day of Christmas,
My true love sent to me
Two turtle doves,”
—Unknown. The Twelve Days of Christmas (l. 4–6)
“Perhaps one day this too will be pleasant to remember.”
—Virgil [Publius Vergilius Maro] (70–19 B.C.)