New life has a way of finding a path forward at Northern Colorado Wildlife Center. 💚🐢

New life has a way of finding a path forward at Northern Colorado Wildlife Center. 💚🐢

Earlier this year, a mother snapping turtle was brought to our wildlife hospital after she was struck by a car while crossing the road to reach her nesting site. While examining her injuries, one of our volunteer veterinarians discovered that she was pregnant and full of eggs. Sadly, the mother had suffered catastrophic head trauma—injuries incompatible with life—but before she was humanely euthanized, our veterinarian and her team carefully gathered her eggs so NCWC could incubate them and give them the best possible chance at survival.

While we mourn the loss of this mother, we’re grateful that our team could be here to ensure this tragedy only took one life that day—and not the couple dozen it could have otherwise.

Months later, those eggs have hatched—and her babies are now thriving under the care of our wildlife rehab team. These tiny snapping turtles will remain with us until they’re strong enough to survive on their own, and when the time is right, they’ll be released into the very same waterway their mother was trying to reach.

This is what compassion in action looks like—turning tragedy into hope, one little life at a time.

Thank you to everyone who supports our work and helps make stories like this possible.

If you’d like to support the next success story, you can make a gift here:

👉 https://northerncoloradowildlifecenter-bloom.kindful.com/?campaign=1236629

Or mail/drop off your donation to:

Northern Colorado Wildlife Center

2637 Midpoint Drive, Suite E

Fort Collins, CO 80525

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