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Letters to the editor
A turtle rescue story
Dear editor,
I have been reading and
watching with interest articles
about our suffering turtle
population, but I really had
no idea.
One evening recently, our
golden retriever Abbey
alerted us to averylarge
snapping turtle on our prop-
erty that was in distress.
Ducky, as we know him to us
now, had been struck by a
vehicle presumably on Hwy
21.
The left shoulder area of
the shell was broken and his
lower jaw also broke; there
was blood coming out of the
broken shell. These were the
obvious things.
The estimated weight of
Ducky is about 22 pounds,
and we later found that
he is around 40 years old.
Now comes the hard part.
What do you do to help a dis-
tressed snapping turtle? We
had collectively as family
decided that we would do
what we could do within our
powet
First thing for us was to
search the Internet. We
quickly found the Kawartha
Turtle Trauma Centre and
called, but remember it is
now early Saturday evening.
There was no answer, but we
did get a recording saying
theywould be open again
Sunday morning.
Further investigation led us
to a contact in OilSprings, but
again no answer. I then found
the article about the rescue in
Port Franks a couple ofyears
ago and found a contact
number for Bill Mallett
I contacted Bill and he was
very helpful and appreciative
that people do care which we
later found how and how
many times ayear people
care enough to help save a
turtle in
distress.
Afewmore phone num-
bers a few more calls and I
reached the husband of the
former director of the KTTC. I
actually spoke to her hus-
band as she was away. He
jumped in his vehicle and
drove to the Trauma centre
Sunday morning to notify
them in the event they were
busy and had not
reviewed their messages.
I received a call from the
trauma centre and they said
they could not take Ducky
because of the distance and
the fact that they were literally
swamped with distressed tur-
tleswhichtheysaidwas due
to the recent rains which
prompted turtles to be on the
move.
I was directed to Chantelle
(Habbitstee Wildlife Rescue)
from Jarvis, Ontario as they
have the capability to stabilize
and care for turtles depend-
ing on the severity of their
injuries. I contacted Chan-
telle who was more than
happy to assist.
She was three hours from
Bayfield she asked if we
would meet her in Wood-
stock We offered to drive the
entire distance, but she
insisted that the half way
point would be appreciated.
We loaded Duckywho was
in a Rubbermaid tub and sit-
ting on a damp towel (as
instructed the night before)
Photo courtesy of Brian Barmin
"Ducky" after surgery in Javis, Ontario. Ducky will be set free
in the area in the spring after his recovery.
into the backseat of mytruck
Ducky, my daughter Caresse,
Abbey (our golden retriever)
and I headed to Woodstock
Once in Woodstock, Chan-
tellewas at the meeting place
as promised. She was very
surprised at the size of Ducky,
she also said that from her
observation Ducky had what
she felt was a good chance of
survival. She confirmed the
broken jaw and the obvious
shell fracture. She indicated
that "some" suffer neuro-
logical damage as a result of
their necks being extended
when they are struck
Chantelle explained to
Caresse that Ducky would be
stabilized and would likely
receive surgery in Jarvis to the
shell before being transferred
by volunteers to the trauma
centre.
Once at the trauma centre,
the jaw would be repaired,
and Ducky would most likely
be rehabilitated over the win-
ter and then returned home
to our area in the spring.
They have promised to
keep us informed on the how
Ducky is doing. My family
and I have received more
education more about turtles
in the past 24 hours than in
our entire lives. Having said
that, a little bit of knowledge
and the will to do something
for a creature that I had
always viewed as a nuisance
is great thing.
From,
Brian Barmin
Bayfield
Reflections on ACPs and ambulance response times
Dear editor,
I attended the council
meeting where presentations
for advanced care paramed-
ics were made. They mad
excellent arguments for one
advanced care paramedic in
each ambulance.
Since then, I have learned
from someone in the medi-
cal field that it doesn't mat-
ter if they are in all ambu-
lances because the
ambulance response isn't
fast enough to cover the
time (say 30 minutes) where
their influence will affect
patient outcomes.
So both of these things
need to be in place to get
the maximum benefit - fast
ambulance to patient time
and the advanced care
when they get there.
Even so, I think the com-
munity in general benefits
from having the advanced
care paramedics in it.
Until the ambulance
response time improves, I
don't think it is too much to
pay for the hope of some
more successful results.
Pat Horst,
Clinton
FROM THE ARCHIVES
15 years ago...
• Enrollment was 15% down from the previous year at at
C.H.S.S.; they had 550 students enrolled in 2001. This year,
2016, they are down to just under 500. In 2001 St. Anne's was at
around 700 students, and now it is at just under 600 students.
• The Vama Country Store, which has been around for over 100
years, changed ownership in 2001. It was taken over by Sandra
Turner. She added several new features to the store including
catering, antiques and postal services
25 years ago...
• The Mustang PeeWee's won the Western Ontario Baseball
Association (WOBA) league championship, beating out St. Mary's
11-10. The Clinton team won seven games in a row.
• The Canadian Safety Association (CSA) had set up a committee
of machinery manufacturers, farm groups, and other representa-
tives from federal and provincial governments to draft new stan-
dards on safety for tractors and other farm equipment.
35 years ago...
• Santa stopped by Clinton in an effort to help needy children in the
area, collected old toys and gave them to less fortunate children.
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