SNAPSHOT: Capital Region BOCES students foster a yellow-bellied slider turtle

SNAPSHOT: Capital Region BOCES students foster a yellow-bellied slider turtle

Students in the Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical Education Center Pet Tech program are fostering a yellow-bellied slider turtle while it awaits a permanent home. Native to the southeastern United States, the turtle was found in a pond in the Albany area and needed a permanent home, Pet Tech Teacher Helen Thompson said. Students named the turtle Fiona to match the other turtle currently in their care – Shrek. Students in the two-year Pet…