SDTTS MONTHLY MEETINGS

Free and open to the public

SAN DIEGO TURTLE & TORTOISE SOCIETY invites you to our monthly meetings in Balboa Park.  They are FREE to the public. 

Meetings start at 7:00pm with coffee, snacks, and a chance to meet board members, adoption coordinators,  and "foster parents."  Excellent information is available from chelonian lovers with years of experience.

We usually take care of business and introduce our guest speaker around 7:30pm.  Meetings often end with a group question and answer period. 

The Society's next meeting date is in the banner above.  We meet at the Casa Del Prado building in San Diego's beautiful Balboa Park. 

For map and directions, click here.

For calendar of meetings, click here.

If you have any books to share, ideas to pass on, or any interested friends - please bring them with you. 

If you have any questions in advance that you would like answered and are unable to attend the meeting, please email to president@sdturtle.org and we will try to get back to you as soon as possible.

So please join us in Room 101 for a very interesting and informative evening.

Refreshments served.  Bring a friend!!!

CALENDAR

Sept. 10th - Pat Garland: 

A Closer Look at the Hingeback Tortoise

Sept 10-11-12th Home-Garden Show:

Fall Home and Garden Show at
Del Mar Fairgrounds - SDTTS Booth #202
Friday 11am-6pm
Sat 10am-6pm
Sun 10am-5pm
Great show. Come visit! Volunteer to help!

Contact president@sdturtle.org

Oct. 8th - Hibernation Clinic:

Everything you need to know to get your Tortoise through Winter, healthy and well.

Nov. 12th - Norris Bakke will share photos and highlights of this summer's SDTTS trip to Costa Rica and Panama.

Dec, 10th - SDTTS Holiday Party:  

"Potluck at the Prado."  Save this date!

COMING SOON TO SAN DIEGO

By the time the 31st Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology & Conservation is convened in 2011, this annual event will have spanned 4 continents, 6 countries, and touched the lives of thousands of participants. The Symposium reaches out to a broad range of sea turtle researchers, conservation practitioners, educators, industry, and the general public.

Back in the United States for the first time in 4 years, the 31st Symposium will be held April 12-15, 2011 in San Diego, California. The Symposium's venue will be the Town and Country Resort and Convention Center.

All pre-meetings, presentations, lodging, and entertainment will be on site to promote opportunities for networking.  The Next Generation of Research and Conservation will be highlighted.   San Diego will feature 'Student Day', an entire symposium day with a student-only format for all oral and poster presentations.

In addition to the main meeting, numerous regional meetings and thematic workshops will be conducted during the two days prior to the main Symposium (Sun-Mon, 10-11 April 2011).  To register now, click here.

The SDTTS will be active at the Symposium and volunteers are needed. Contact president@sdturtle.org today.

AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION

San Diego Turtle & Tortoise Society is ready to assist in turtle and tortoise rescue from people who have found a lost or injured animal and from people who no longer can care for an animal due to illness, age, financial issues, etc. 
 
Adoption or re-homing, is a major function of the Society. The animals that are turned in to the Society are placed in foster care and are adopted to homes approved by our Adoptions Committee. 
 

In order to adopt from our Society, you must be a member and fill out the appropriate adoption request forms. 

A Care Consultant will make an appointment with you to visit your yard to ensure your environment is appropriate and safe for the turtle or tortoise species you plan to adopt. 

It is also acceptable for you to email photos of your yard, enclosure and  turtle and tortoise house to us to review and help you with any suggestions, ideas or approval.  You can do this anytime by emailing  adoptions@sdturtle.org. 

For photos of available animals, click here.