Arizona Community Helps Find Surprisingly Elusive Missing Pet Tortoise
Oro Valley, Arizona A storm Saturday June 18, 2022 blew the back gate open – and Elliot – a 150-pound African Sulcata turtoise escaped from Cindy a...
Oro Valley, Arizona A storm Saturday June 18, 2022 blew the back gate open – and Elliot – a 150-pound African Sulcata turtoise escaped from Cindy and Greg Iverson's backyard. Elliot was found and returned on June 20, 2022 credit: Cindy and Greg Iverson Cindy and Greg Iverson Never underestimate a tortoise's ability to roam. On the morning of June 19, Cindy Iverson let her two dogs outside to go to the bathroom but only one dog returned. She went into the yard to investigate, found her dog, and discovered that a storm had blown open her back gate, allowing her 12-year-old tortoise Elliot to escape.