John Ball Zoo official's announced that their turtle conservation team has successfully released 24 Eastern box turtles into the wild after giving them a "head start" at the zoo.
In a statement, zoo officials say "head starting" is a conservative practice in which young animals are raised with human intervention and then released when they are less susceptible to predators.
Zoo employees partner up with students and faculty at Grand Valley State University and the Pierce Cedar Creek Institute in Hastings to raise the hatchlings.
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