Bras can help repair the shells of turtles. Wildthunder Wildlife and Animal Rehabilitation and Sanctuary is asking people to send the eyes on bras. The eyes are the small loop that the hooks connect to. The sanctuary uses marine epoxy to attach the eyes to a broken turtle shell. Then they use zip ties to connect the eyes and pull the broken pieces together. "The shell will heal similar to a broken leg," said Tracy Bell, owner and operator of Wildthunder Wildlife and Animal Rehabilitation and Sanctuary. The shell will start to grow together. By using this technique, there will be less of a gap in the shell while it's healing, reducing the amount of debris that enters the shell. Bell asks people who want to donate discarded bras to only cut off the eye portion of the bra to send to their facility at 2584 Henley Ave. in Independence, Iowa.

Bras can help repair the shells of turtles.

Wildthunder Wildlife and Animal Rehabilitation and Sanctuary is asking people to send the eyes on bras. The eyes are the small loop that the hooks connect to. The sanctuary uses marine epoxy to attach the eyes to a broken turtle shell. Then they use zip ties to connect the eyes and pull the broken pieces together.


"The shell will heal similar to a broken leg," said Tracy Bell, owner and operator of Wildthunder Wildlife and Animal Rehabilitation and Sanctuary.

The shell will start to grow together. By using this technique, there will be less of a gap in the shell while it's healing, reducing the amount of debris that enters the shell.

Bell asks people who want to donate discarded bras to only cut off the eye portion of the bra to send to their facility at 2584 Henley Ave. in Independence, Iowa.