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Archives: Turtle Rescue Team

Class of 2020 Mandy Womble
May 8, 2020

Class of 2020 Story: An NC State Adventure, 13 years and counting

Mandy Womble's many mentors provided invaluable support during her time at NC State and the CVM.

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.

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November 10, 2016

A Man with a Plan — and a Little Help from His Friends

Joe Grennon of Quincy, Massachusetts (birthplace and final resting place of two presidents -- John Adams and his son, John Quincy Adams) is a man with a plan. And that plan has always included animals...
July 20, 2012

Unusual Surgery by NC State College of Veterinary Medicine Team Saves Injured Green Sea Turtle

RALEIGH — Out came the rotting tissue and bone bits, on went a couple of women’s dress hooks via dabs of five-minute epoxy and household repairputty. And voila! One repaired sea turtle noggin. A surgical team of about 10 N.C. State University veterinarians, technicians and students used a novel mix of high technology and common