Grace, a one-eyed snapping turtle in Haliburton, Ont., has been missing since 2021. | CBCOttawa
Turtle Guardians, an Ontario nonprofit that protects turtles and their habitats, has been tracking Grace, pictured here, since 2018.Leora Berman sounds unsure whether to refer to Grace — a one-eyed, roughly 10-kilogram, more-than-a-century-old female snapping turtle — in the past or present tense.
"But we feel it's unlikely we're going to see her again because it's highly unusual not to see a turtle who has such regular habits." Since then, the group has enlisted locals to help keep track of Grace, including putting up posters and offering $125 gift cards for confirmed sightings, with "many, many reports" over the years, Berman said.
In an email, Murray Fearrey, the mayor of Dysart et al, said he was aware Grace had not been seen for some time, that he understands the value of turtles to the ecosystem, but that he did not know why she's gone missing. "[This] is why there is a need for a site alteration bylaw, which the municipality is currently working on," he said.
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