{"id":14,"date":"2022-02-16T09:30:28","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T09:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.terrapinrescue.co.uk\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2023-07-28T11:12:22","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T10:12:22","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.terrapinrescue.co.uk\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-0e47273b wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Alderney Terrapin Rescue is managed by Dr Peter Bevis, a lifelong herpetologist, a retired zoologist and a Fellow of the Zoological Society of London (Elected 1980).<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"662\" height=\"395\" class=\"wp-image-58\" src=\"https:\/\/www.terrapinrescue.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Alderney-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.terrapinrescue.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Alderney-1.jpg 662w, https:\/\/www.terrapinrescue.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Alderney-1-300x179.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 662px) 100vw, 662px\" \/>\r\n<figcaption><strong>Alderney, Channel Islands<\/strong><\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-55\" src=\"https:\/\/www.terrapinrescue.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/PBscotland.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"384\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.terrapinrescue.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/PBscotland.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.terrapinrescue.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/PBscotland-300x290.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.terrapinrescue.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/PBscotland-768x743.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/>\r\n<figcaption><strong>Dr Peter Bevis, FZS<\/strong><\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I visit the UK once or twice a year to collect terrapins needing a new life in Alderney.\u00a0 Should you be in no rush to rehome one or more terrapins, and be located in the UK, I may be able to help.\u00a0 Our rescue centre is primarily designed to re-home terrapins from the Channel Islands.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are several terrapin rescue centres in the UK of varying qualities. Some are excellent but some are underfunded and lack space and facilities.\u00a0 Please consider carefully before making a decision based on your convenience rather than the needs of your pet. However, depending on your location, a UK based rescue centre may be able to offer more immediate help.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Alderney Terrapin Rescue is managed by Dr Peter Bevis, a lifelong herpetologist, a retired zoologist and a Fellow of the Zoological Society of London (Elected 1980). I visit the UK once or twice a year to collect terrapins needing a new life in Alderney.\u00a0 Should you be in no rush to rehome one or &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.terrapinrescue.co.uk\/index.php\/about\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;About Us&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":61,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terrapinrescue.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terrapinrescue.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terrapinrescue.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terrapinrescue.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terrapinrescue.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.terrapinrescue.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96,"href":"https:\/\/www.terrapinrescue.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions\/96"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terrapinrescue.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terrapinrescue.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}