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Pond Turtles
Assistant Zoological curator Amy Cutting handles a pond turtle Monday, July 19, 2010, at the Oregon Zoo, in Portland, Ore. About 70 western pond turtles raised at the Oregon Zoo are being prepared Monday for release into the wild in the Columbia River Gorge. The endangered turtles have been raised at the zoo as part of a conservation program with the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle and state and federal wildlife agencies. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)