On this #NationalWildlifeDay, we’re celebrating the wildlife that calls Ontario home, and the work being done to help ensure these species continue to thrive for generations to come 🐢🦇 As part of our commitment to protecting native species, your Toronto Zoo is proud to collaborate with reverse.the.red, a global coalition bringing together zoos, aquariums, governments, conservation organizations and communities to reverse species declines through coordinated, science-based action. Through this work, we have officially pledged to help protect Blanding’s turtles and Ontario’s eight native bat species: putting conservation into action through in-situ monitoring, research and long-term recovery efforts in the wild 🌿 Earlier this year, we were thrilled to share an important milestone from our Blanding’s Turtle Head-starting Program. For the first time, our Field Conservation team documented evidence that a turtle released through the program had reached sexual maturity and may be contr...