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Turtle Rescue

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January 27, 2020

Winter 2020, The Oath Magazine

In the latest edition of The Oath, we celebrate 30 years of zoological medicine at the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine. We highlight people, partnerships and programs that have made a lasting impact, including the Turtle Rescue Team, the North Carolina Zoo and the NC State Center for Marine Sciences and Technology.

Cheryl Heitzman holds a Turtle Rescue Team box turtle patient
January 14, 2020

A Slow and Steady Race to Save Turtles

Cheryl Heitzman, Class of 2021, is the co-president of the Turtle Rescue Team, a student organization dedicated to saving North Carolina's native turtles, reptiles and amphibians.

Shane Boylan examines a turtle at the South Carolina Aquarium.
November 21, 2019

Alumni Voice: What Zoological Medicine at the CVM Meant to Me

As chief veterinarian at the South Carolina Aquarium in Charleston, S.C., Shane Boylan (DVM, ’05) treats some of the world’s most amazing marine animals, including sea turtles impacted by oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico and loggerheads in need of rehabilitation at the aquarium’s Sea Turtle Care Center. As a student at the NC
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September 5, 2016

Turtle Rescue Team Publishes Comprehensive Look at Past Cases

The North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine Turtle Rescue Team has 29 been treating and releasing wild turtles since 1996 and has compiled a collection of almost 3,000 30 medical records...