Search for Madagascan Radiated Tortoise, WA

Police are seeking the public’s assistance in their search for a Madagascan Radiated Tortoise.

In 2011, two tortoises were reported missing from the Perth Zoo. , WA Police say

On Sunday 9 September 2018, Officers from Warwick Police located one of the tortoises when they attended a home in Girrawheen on an unrelated matter.

It is believed the second tortoise was taken from the Girrawheen home on the same day police attended and there are concerns for the welfare of that tortoise.

To survive, these tortoises require special diets and living areas, completely different to the needs of a tortoise purchased at a pet store.

Anyone with any information regarding the location of the tortoise is asked to call Crime Stoppers.

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