I've never had turtle, and no plans to, but this remeinds me of something that happened 20 or so years ago. I was driving along a country road that followed a creek, well, crick here. I had to stop because there was a big snapping turtle in the middle of the road. A gal that I knew only by face, stopped behind me, got out of her car, and asked me if I minded if she took him for soup LOL. I guess out here it's finders keepers, but since I technically found him I just gave him to her.