Mr. Pickles, oldest animal at the Houston Zoo, becomes a dad at age 90 March 22, 2023 It’s baby dill time at the Houston Zoo after a tortoise name Mr. Pickles surprised everyone by becoming a dad for the first time…. Continue Reading
Abilene Zoo tortoise proves to be “most amazing patient” during CT scan at Texas hospital April 24, 2022 It’s not everyday emergency room staff in Central Texas are called on to care for a giant tortoise. But that’s exactly what happened recently… Continue Reading
Texas wildlife group saves turtle covered in nail polish May 20, 2021 Box turtles are as pretty as a jewellery box, but it doesn’t mean they should be painted like gemstones. Still, someone in Texas took… Continue Reading
Tuesday Tortoise: Woman allegedly says she killed zoo turtle to draw attention to herself June 18, 2019 A woman who allegedly hit a Greek tortoise at the Budapest Zoo and Botanical Garden with a stone that resulted in killing the animal… Continue Reading
Tuesday Tortoise: Lifelong pet tortoise Tommy stolen, then returned to senior May 14, 2019 Yvonne Machin, a senior who has had her tortoise since she was 14-years-old, watched with horror when two boys leaned over her front garden… Continue Reading
Thursday Tortoise: Man tries to smuggle in tortoises disguised as cakes March 21, 2019 A passenger passing through Berlin’s airport from Cairo tried to smuggle in three live tortoises in a pastry box saying they were cakes that… Continue Reading
Who needs groundhogs to tell us about spring? Meet a desert tortoise February 5, 2019 Mojave Max has gone to ground for the winter. The real live tortoise who lives at Springs Preserve in Nevada has become the subject… Continue Reading
Zoo lemur stolen in Ontario turns up in Quebec; monkey and tortoise still missing June 5, 2018 JC the lemur is back. But Stanley the tortoise, and Agnes the baby gibbon monkey, have yet to be found. The trio vanished more… Continue Reading
Suspect arrested in Elmvale Jungle Zoo B&E, but trio of animals still missing June 2, 2018 Ontario Provincial Police believe they have their man, but not the animals stolen from a zoo. On Friday, police said they were looking for… Continue Reading
Thieves break into an Ontario zoo stealing a monkey, lemur and tortoise May 30, 2018 Police are on the hunt for kidnappers who stole three animals from a rural Ontario zoo. Suspects cut a hole in a chain link… Continue Reading