Our Mission

Your support of the Ontario Turtle Conservation Centre (home of Kawartha Turtle Trauma Centre) is saving Ontario's native species of turtles! With your help, we make Ontario a safer place for turtles by:

• Operating a hospital for native turtles

• Creating an appreciation of Ontario’s native turtles through education and awareness, with the help of our Education Centre and outreach program

• Increasing our impact through partnerships and professional collaboration

Turtle rehabilitation is conservation in action!

About ONTARIO TURTLE CONSERVATION CENTRE

Located in Peterborough Ontario, the Ontario Turtle Conservation Centre (home of Kawartha Turtle Trauma Centre) is a registered charity whose goal is to aid in the conservation of Ontario’s native turtles and the habitat in which they live. We accomplish this by operating a turtle hospital that treats, rehabilitates and releases injured turtles, by running an education and outreach program, and by performing extensive research in the field to further conservation initiatives