(JTA) — Swastikas have been found painted on the shells of several turtles in a park outside Seattle, and local animal control officers are having trouble catching them. Federal help is now being ...

The Pacific Northwest has two native freshwater turtles, the Western painted turtle and the Western pond turtle. The pond turtle, found on the West Side, is state-listed as endangered in Washington.

I read a Miami Herald article about a new form of graffiti -- painting wild gopher tortoises, native land turtles that get bigger than volleyballs. The article referred to a Florida Fish and Wildlife ...

Turtles at a park in Washington state were found with swastikas painted on their shells — and wildlife officials are struggling to catch the offensive critters so they can be cleaned off, according to ...