by ca.boardman » Thu Feb 20, 2014 12:47 pm
Hi, we live on a farm in NW. A few weeks ago, my son rescued a large leopard tortoise on the road bisecting our farm, it was being stoned by some local people who say it is evil and must die. He brought it home to check for injuries. She was unhurt, so we fed her some prickly pear leaf, kept her overnight to make sure she was unhurt and he released her in the lands near to where she was found. She turned up in our workers village, with the same result, but we were called. We know it is the same tortoise because of a mark she has on her shell - a healed scuff/scar. The workers said that she will be killed if found agin. We have taken her in for now, and would like to keep her. We have a huge orchard, that is fenced, with an unused hen house for shelter, and would put in a shallow pond for her to wade into as wanted. There is a lot of natural vegetation, including prickly pears, which she loves. We also have loads of produce for her. This is her natural environment, and she would be safe. Do we have any chance of getting a licence?
Thanks