Why do people "rescue turtles" ?

A lot of people will see a turtle just minding it's own business and then throw it in the water why do they do that ? 1. Is it more harmful than helpful considering they could be killing tortoises ?

2. Have you resued a Turtle before ?

Because they can

I have actually seen things more dangerous than this with turtles being rescued... a lot of times in Florida when you are driving you may see a commuter come to a screeching halt to save a turtle from out of the road that they see up ahead.

Lol I have rescued a turtle before, one was in the middle of the road and bruh was gonna get hit so I pulled over and moved his ass to the other side of the road haha

Because they have lives

I only get them if they're in the middle of the road or something.

Because it's not it's fault it's not fast enough to cross the road. If it's a snapping turtle then I ain't helping it though.

@skit: I get if its in the road or something but many times they aren't and just throw it in the water lol

Honestly most people who would pick up a turtle just minding its own business in a field and toss it in a lake are just being dicks. If you pick up a turtle in the road and set it to the side I think that's just trying to be nice if you see a guy hurling one into water he probably didn't have great intentions.

I rescued a very old, injured box turtle. He was around 90 years old and I had him for around 4 years before he passed away. Having a turtle is a pleasant experience. I want another one.

I'll also help a turtle if I see it trying to cross a round, or in the middle of the road.

@kgb725: Well yeah, chucking anything that can't fly is generally detrimental to it's health.

@skit: I'm not saying they just do a hammer throw on the poor turtle but they just blindly think all turtles are the same

There are no wild turtles here, but I can imagine people do it to keep them out of the sun/roads? I dunno, I sometimes help snails cross the road because I don't want them drying in the sun. >_>

@bruxae: They die in the sun ?

I don't know about turtles, but i'd guess they would easily get dehydrated or heat stroke since they are aquatic animals.

The same reason they would rescue any other animal.

@kgb725: That could be said about most animals though.

Turtles are people too.

Tortoises, not turtles. Next y'all will be confusing rabbits and hares.

@bruxae: No I meant snails lol

Wildvine is wrong.

They rescue them in hopes that they become ninjas to repay the favor.

Oh yeah, they dry out real easily. They usually cross looking for water so I like to put them in shaded bushes in whatever direction they were heading, hopefully I don't put them back where they came from that would be mean, lol.

@wildvine: I'm offended when do I confuse turtles and tortoises considering I name dropped tortoises ?

1) yes

2) no

There are only 4 turtles in this world that I care about, and they are all ninjas.

No other turtles matter.