60-pound alligator snapping turtle found in Massachusetts pond after being abandoned by owner

A 60-pound alligator snapping turtle — among the first reported in the wild in Massachusetts — turned up in an Essex County ...

Huge endangered snapping turtle, somehow loose in Mass., rescued from pond

“This is one of the first alligator snappers that's been found in the wild in Massachusetts, which means that somebody had it as a pet,” a herpetologist with MassWildlife said. The post Huge ...