A Florida Keys deputy found a tortoise walking in the neighborhood. Then came a reunion
Dogs and cats can run away from home. Turns out that tortoises do, too.
A Monroe County sheriff’s deputy patrolling the Upper Florida Keys this week found an African spurred tortoise walking around the Harry Harris neighborhood in the Tavernier area.
The large reptile is a pet named Nina.
Deputy Mario Marin was able to reunite her with her owners who live just down the street from where she was found wandering.
“Nina didn’t get very far,” Marin’s boss, Sgt. Patty O’Keefe said in a Facebook post.
David Goodhue
Miami Herald