The Arizona Game and Fish Department has about 260 Sonoran desert tortoises looking for forever homes.
PHOENIX, Arizona — The Arizona Game and Fish Department says they have about 260 Sonoran desert tortoises looking for forever homes.
Wolf says the tortoises are a wide range of ages and sizes, and they have so many primarily due to illegal breeding. Captive tortoises can grow to be 14 inches long and live 80 to 100 years. Arizona residents interested in adopting should review the Tortoise Adoption Program page on the department’s website, which shows how to properly care for a desert tortoise, including instructions on how to build a burrow also are included.
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