Question

'The Rescue'. Write a story in which rescue plays a central part...

100 to 150 words.

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Answer 1

✨BROOKE✨

We usually deal with native turtles, but with all the difference species of turtle and tortoise in the pet trade, we sometimes also get sick and injured exotic turtles and tortoises as well.  Such is the case with Brooke.  Brooke is a Sulcata Tortoise (also called the Spurred Tortoise).  Sulcatas are native to Africa and are the third largest tortoise in the world.  They are experts at escape, either by digging out of their enclosures or simply knocking down their fences. And, sadly, many people who buy this species as pets have no idea how large they will one day get, and many of them simply turn them loose when they become too much to handle.  We'll likely never know which scenario found Brooke in the middle of the road that day, but it ended with her being hit by a car. The damage was major, but Brooke is a fighter.  She's still with us, and likely will be for several years. She still has trouble using her back legs, and while that's not too much of a problem today, it very well might be in a few years when she weighs upwards of 70-100 pounds. So, she'll be with us until we can determine how her future weight will affect her mobility. She will eventually be placed for adoption.

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