Letter to Parents Regarding the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Movie From American Tortoise Rescue

Dear Parents:   We’re asking you to save a turtle’s life and perhaps even your child’s.  In August, your children will be enjoying another edition of the extremely popular Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie release.  This will include a whole new generation of kids who missed the 2007 animated film.  It’s fun and great entertainment. But, we are writing this to ask for your help.  Since the first movie was released in 1990, hundreds of thousands of live turtles, mostly water turtles called red eared sliders, were purchased for between $10 and $25 after each ninja movie was