Right Click the link below and ‘Save Link As’ to download your free printable Valentine’s Day Colouring Page featuring Arthur the Red Eared Slider [PDF]:https://littleresq.rescuegroups.org/info/file?file=30837.pdf
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Happy Audrey Day! To help commemorate this day, we’ve released our Spring Newsletter 2023 with special updates about Audrey’s Legacy, Adoption Success Stories, Volunteer Highlights, and more. Click here to read the Spring Newsletter 2023 or right click Save Link As… to save it to your computer
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Last year was our first ever open house and rummage sale. It was such a success that we decided to hold another one this year! You’re invited to Little RES Q on Saturday August 27th 2022
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Audrey’s legacy received its first wave of new residents on May 23rd, 2022. 103 turtles moved into their new home at Audrey’s Legacy, Ontario’s first red eared slider sanctuary. This was done with the help of Little RESQ volunteers and turtle friends throughout the day. It was a turtle-y magical experience. While the nature of […]
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At Little RES Q, we primarily help to re-home and rehabilitate red eared slider turtles across Ontario and surrounding provinces (with help from Critter Cabs). We’ve been known to extend our facilities to other reptiles and in this case, other breeds of turtles. We have three kinds of sliders and one red-eared slider morph to […]
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Little RES Q’s Founder Marc Ouellette was interviewed for an article in Canadian National Geographic entitled, Turtle dumping: Red-eared sliders are invading native turtle habitats in Ontario By Madigan Cotterill The article is accompanied by beautiful photographs of sliders by Madigan Cotterill. Click here to view the full article on the Canadian National Geographic Website
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Welcome to Little RES Q’s free guide to building your own turtle pond for red eared sliders While we are a turtle rescue that is situated in Southern Ontario, many of these guidelines can be valuable through different climates and breeds of turtles. We hope you enjoy this guide put together by our RES Q […]
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Celebrate World Turtle Day 2020 with Arthur and Little RES Q! This year’s world turtle day at Little RES Q is celebrating Arthur, one of our ambassadors and spokes-turtles. He suffers from Metabolic Bone Disease, much like Audrey did, but he doesn’t let it get the best of him. He’s a curious little guy who enjoys basking […]
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Help! How do I transport an aquatic turtle? The best and safest way to transport turtles is in a dry box. Sloshing water can present drowning hazards in cars and can be stressful. These are the key points to traveling with a turtle. Since there are two perfectly good routes to take I will go […]
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Marc Ouellette on The Animals at Home Podcast Please visit The Animals At Home Podcast to listen.
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An Excerpt from Toronto Zoo’s Media Weekly: “Every November, Toronto Zoo’s Adopt-A-Pond Programme invites participants of our citizen science programs, Ontario Turtle Tally and FrogWatch Ontario, to join us for a day at the Zoo. There were 125 citizen scientists in attendance at the appreciation event, which included informational booths from Toronto Wildlife Centre, Ontario […]
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Here is an excerpt from the full article by Michael Robinson of The Star: “They literally muffle out other turtles that live here,” said Marc Ouellette, the founder of Little Res Q, a Toronto reptile welfare organization. “They fight for resources and basking areas to the point where native turtles either die out or move […]
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Here’s an excerpt from the article: “In February, 2008, Little RES Q came out of its shell! Marc had become the proud founder of a highly regarded rescue organization for pet turtles and other reptiles. While a variety of reptiles, including Geckos and even a six foot Boa Constrictor, continue to slither their way into […]
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An excerpt from the article: “Toronto Zoo is also one of the main hubs for knowledge, research and initiatives with respect to the protection of nature, and it runs a plethora of projects to that effect. Several conservancy projects are brought together under the Adopt-A-Pond umbrella that aims to protect wetlands. Two of the most endearing projects […]
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Relief TV presents Little RES Q Marc Ouellette est passionné pour la sauvegarde des tortues. En effet, il a transformé son appartement de Scarborough en un refuge pour les tortues abandonnées. Il tente de sensibiliser l’opinion publique sur le sort de ces petits reptiles et, surtout, à propos de leur impact sur le milieu écologique […]
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