“We were happy to give this tortoise a safe place to stay,” Pasadena Humane wrote in a video posted to its social media account. “And even happier to send him home.”
Huckleberry, a 200-pound male sulcata tortoise (Centrochelys sulcata) who was evacuated during the recent fires in Los Angeles, CA has returned home. The 28-year-old tortoise was initially evacuated with the help of a Pasadena Humane animal control officer to the facility. Huckleberry was then sent back home January 20. Pasadena Humane helped rescue more than 500 other animals and is still trying to find the owners for many of them.
“We were happy to give this tortoise a safe place to stay,” Pasadena Humane wrote in a video posted to its social media account. “And even happier to send him home.”
For those affected by the fires who have lost an animal or found an animal, please contact Pasadena Humane at 626-577-3752.
The sulcata tortoise is the most widely captive bred tortoise in the United States, if not the world.
Sulcata Tortoise Information
The African spur-thighed tortoise also known as the sulcata tortoise, is a large tortoise that can exceed 100 lbs and live for just as many years. It is native to the southern portion of the Sahara Desert in Africa and is one of the most widely captive-bred large tortoises. They are a long-lived tortoise that requires expert care and a large outdoor enclosure when they reach full size.They are the probably the most popular tortoise seen at reptile expos and are also the cheapest to acquire, with $50 being an average price for hatchlings. They are also excellent escape artists and will find a breach in any perimeter and exploit it.
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