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One of Ontario’s oldest snapping turtles has been found dead, capping a year of conservationists searching for signs of her survival.
Now the unusual location where her remains were found is raising questions about how she ended up there.
Grace, a one-eyed, 125-year-old snapping turtle who was regularly spotted by locals in the Municipality of Dysart et al until September 2021, was being monitored for years by Turtle Guardians, a conservation group.
Reported sightings of Grace were steady until the Haliburton, Ont., wetlands believed to be her regular winter hibernation zone were filled in during the winter of 2022, according to the group.
Then in
