Echo Park Lake Turtles (Photo)

Reader Hugo R. Ajanel posted this photo recently. It was taken, obviously, a while ago.

Posted Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 10:46 pm PT|Updated Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 10:51 pm PT

Echo Park residents miss their wildlife.

That was apparent during the recent

One topic was turtles. Many wondered how they were doing in their new habitat at MacArthur Park.

Engineers and other experts say they are doing fine, though locals claim not all may have made it to safety.

Meantime, reader Hugo R. Ajanel shared this record of the turtles at peak.

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