Nebraska shelter's 60-pound tortoise drew a rush of calls, then landed with an experienced owner
Lucy, a 60-pound sulcata tortoise surrendered to a Nebraska shelter after her owners moved into an apartment, quickly found a new home after a surge of people reportedly contacted the shelter to adopt her. According to KOLN, Lucy's owners gave her up because apartment living could not provide the space she needed. On Oct. 21, Capital Humane Society in Lincoln said the 13-year-old sulcata had been adopted after many interested would-be owners reached out. With a life expectancy of about 75 to 100 years and an adult size that can approach 100 pounds, sulcata tortoises demand a much bigger commitment than many common pets. Haley Vandewalle, a behavior coordinator at Capital Humane Society, told the station that Lucy is not an unusual case for the shelter. During her eight years at Capital Humane Society, she estimated that four tortoises have come through needing new homes. Three of those…
