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Today while I was driving I saw a turtle, a yellow belly I believe, crossing a busy road, so I slammed on the brakes nearly killing about 20 people, ran across the street almost getting killed and picked the bugger up and ran back to the car. Well, since I was going away from home, I transplanted the turt to another lake, but then I noticed some sores on her underside, most likely from crawling over hot pavement. I believe she was preggers because she was rather bloated on her backside like eggs were ready to pop out. Last time I saw a preg turtle thats what it looked like... Well, at the lake, she dove right in and left... then about 10 minutes later surfaced near shore on a branch with a few other basking turtles....

Pretty neat I think...

Great story, way to go.

I think that's awesome. Keep it up!! It's been a good day, I have a girl who joined my new group who's into saving turtles. She just rescued one too. Check out her story at
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Very good deed indeed.

Just and FYI though. In the future should you find an animal that has any type of injuries (like the sores on the feet) the best course of action would be to try and get it to a rehabber (who can determine if the problem is serious or have access to a vet who can make that determination)
These folks would be able to determine the best course of action if the turtle needs a bit of help and can be released back into the wild.

If there are no obvious signs of injury or illness, the best thing to do is what you did. Release it (and try to do so in an area as close to possible where you found it.)

Also -- as valiant an effort as it is DON'T get yourself run over in an attempt to save the turtle