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Body Cam Shows Runaway 100-Pound Tortoise's 'Slow-Speed Chase' End Safely
Animal control and a bystander lifted the nearly 100-pound tortoise after a report to the sheriff’s office, officials said.
- On Aug. 31, a nearly 100-pound Sulcata tortoise named Lard escaped his fenced-in yard in JeffCo, Colorado, wandering the neighborhood until animal control arrived.
- After someone reported the wandering tortoise, The Jefferson County Sheriff said Lard escaped "with big travel plans and absolutely no sense of urgency."
- Lard's owner arrived on the scene, but efforts to negotiate a voluntary return were unsuccessful, requiring intervention from an animal control officer and a bystander.
- Footage from The Jefferson County Sheriff showed an officer and a bystander lifting the tortoise to return him home, noting "Sometimes helping an animal means lending a hand."
- Scripps News Group in Denver reported on the incident, detailing the community effort required to manage the nearly 100-pound animal during his brief neighborhood adventure.
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Body cam shows runaway 100-pound tortoise's 'slow-speed chase' end safely
Meet Lard, the runaway tortoise who became an internet "shellebrity" when a sheriff's deputy's body camera caught video of it being brought home after attempting the “world’s slowest escape.”
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