December 8, 2007
Willy the tortoise makes slow-speed dash for freedom
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
RIVERSIDE, Calif. - It wasn't exactly a high-speed chase.
Willy the tortoise made a crawl for freedom this week, getting 800 metres from the fenced yard where he lives in a doghouse.
Shelley Larsen figures the 90-kilogram shellback escaped after her 18-year-old son, Aaron, left a gate open Thursday.
The Department of Animal Services spokesman, John Welsh, says the 11-year-old African tortoise was corralled by a neighbour and department workers drove him to a shelter.
Willy - which is the size of a small bathtub - was back home after fewer than six hours of freedom.
It was the third time Willy has escaped since the family bought him at a pet store for $130 for Shelley's 21-year-old daughter Lisa's 10th birthday.
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