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RE: These are Not "Beginner Pets": Think Twice Before Adopting a Turtle/Tortoise
My sister had a tortoise when she was younger -I think it ended up next door .
I believe its now illegal to buy tortoises from pet shops (uk) and you have to have a licence to keep one? Still they are lovely animals.
Lots of places are cracking down on pet laws. One, it keeps non-native species from being introduced and two, it discourages poaching and collecting animals from the wild for pet trade (though there are a LOT of tortoise breeders out there, many species are still illegally taken from the wild).