My Chinese father in law caught a box turtle in our yard and ate it 3 days later. My wife was pregnant at the time and he fed her the turtle. Apparently in China there is a tradition for pregnant women to eat turtle for health reasons!?!? Who knows, but we had to explain to our oldest daughter (who was 5 at the time) that we let daisy go because her mother was looking for her.
interesting side note: I googled “Box turtle recipes” and the only thing that came up was “ What to feed your box turtle” 😂