Welcome, Mr. Ed and Ms. Emily!
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- Published: Wednesday, 27 April 2011 15:21
Two new desert tortoises have been adopted by the Friends of Jawbone. Unfortunately, the reason behind this adoption was that they had once been removed from their homes in the desert and had to be nursed back to health.
Desert tortoise populations in the wild are dwindling and are threatened by a respiratory disease believed to be spread by captive tortoises release back into the wild. Therefore, as a precaution, Mr. Ed and Ms. Emily could not be returned to their natural habitat.
