NEW DELHI: Florida Sheriff deputies found an African sulcata tortoise in Interlachen, which was later discovered to have escaped its home three and a half years earlier, the UPI reported.
“He is definitely someone’s tortoise as he likes people and head pats,” the sheriff’s office wrote on Facebook.
Florida’s Wildest Animal Rescue, a nonprofit exotic animal refuge in Putnam County posted about the tortoise on social media when they recieved a rush of tips about a sulcata tortoise that had been reported missing in the same region in April 2020.
“She was missing for 3 1/2 years and found 5 miles away from where she originally escaped,” the refuge said.
Assuring that the tortoise would be ok, the refuge said, “She is in a little bit of rough shape from spending so many cold winters here without heat, but she will be OK, and we recommended a trip to the vet.”
The reptile was given back to its amazed and delighted owners.
“He is definitely someone’s tortoise as he likes people and head pats,” the sheriff’s office wrote on Facebook.
Florida’s Wildest Animal Rescue, a nonprofit exotic animal refuge in Putnam County posted about the tortoise on social media when they recieved a rush of tips about a sulcata tortoise that had been reported missing in the same region in April 2020.
“She was missing for 3 1/2 years and found 5 miles away from where she originally escaped,” the refuge said.
Assuring that the tortoise would be ok, the refuge said, “She is in a little bit of rough shape from spending so many cold winters here without heat, but she will be OK, and we recommended a trip to the vet.”
The reptile was given back to its amazed and delighted owners.
