Red-eared slider – kept as a pet in the UK many have been irresponsibly released into the wild. They are ill-equipped to survive in the damp British climate.- however, will global climate increases change this. What effect do these invasive animals have on our wildlife? What effects on our native waterfowl’s eggs and insects lava does releasing these unwanted pets have?
Red-eared sliders are considered an invasive species, they are seen as a pest in many countries including here in the U.K. the U.S.A and Australia as they can outcompete and predate upon native fauna.
Spotted in a local pond.
Continued Reflections from my World. 
people releasing “pets” into Nature has to be the most single devastating event one could do to Nature and with this being Earth Day, a great reminder of the care we must exercise.
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Concur Wayne.
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Wayne has said it all. Invasive creatures often cause native species to become extinct.
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We have invasive Carp here – it is a real problem as they destroy the water’s flora and fauna.
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Hi Linda yes problem worldwide – I think people just do not think when they put non native species – animals and plants into the wild environment. Activists released Mink from fur farms in 1980’s which really destroyed our water vole population.
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Andy, people get pets, then tire of them, or have animals and can’t be bothered with them, then release them anywhere. I follow the Michigan Duck Rescue & Sanctuary – it’s run by a husband and wife and they rescue waterfowl, mostly domestic ducks. The white Pekins, that people buy for Easter for kids, then they grow up and they don’t want them. They put them outside, just dump them somewhere and they’ve never had to fend for themselves, plus no nothing about fending off predators. Some of those Pekin ducks have had their bills snapped off by Snapping Turtles. People are cruel on so many levels.
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So sad
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Yes it is – as an animal lover, it will break your heart.
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