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Old 06-26-2017, 08:29 AM
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Originally Posted by bagboy View Post
Our niece lost her life in Alaska swerving to avoid a caribou she encountered going around a curve in the road. I believe the experts are correct, but human nature and instincts are hard to overcome when confronting a big animal suddenly in front of a drivers car.
As for turtles, I've stopped and moved them more than once on our residential street with light traffic and a low speed limit. That's not something I would do on 466/466A, Morse/Buena Vista, etc.
There was a turtle on the wrong side of the fence at Doggie Doo Run Run about six weeks ago. There is a large pond to the East within Fox Run Golf Course near Glenview CC. The creature was in with the dogs so I thought about picking it up but decided against it as I was all alone in the back field. I notified the dog park owner on the way out and they said they would check on the turtle but expected it would find its way to water. I still am not sure where it got under the fence as I could find no place where earth had created a large enough hole for it to get under.