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Gus Contreras

This kindergarten class has raised and set free 18 orphaned turtles

A kindergarten student releases a turtle back into the wild at the Wetlands Institute in Stone Harbor, N.J., this month. (Wayne Parry/AP)

A kindergarten class in Stone Harbor, N.J., recently said bon voyage to a group of 18 orphaned turtles as part of a program to rescue, raise and release the diamondback terrapins.

For more than 20 years, teeny kindergarteners have met their tiny turtles at the beginning of the school year and helped raise them before setting them free around this time of year. The latest batch has just been released into the wild.

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