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View Poll Results: Do you keep one or more of these species?
Testudo graeca (Mediterranean Spur-Thighed / Greek Tortoise) 13 36.11%
Testudo hermanni (Hermann’s Tortoise) 25 69.44%
Testudo marginata (Marginated Tortoise) 6 16.67%
Emys orbicularis (European Pond Turtle) 3 8.33%
Mauremys caspica or M. leprosa (Caspian and Mediterranean Turtles) 4 11.11%
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Old 23-09-2007, 07:41 PM
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its the welfare of the torts thats the most important thing, and i know your going to say 'what about the ones they take away', but its the ones in the wild that they are trying to protect, that should be the most impotant thing!
Tell that to my two sheltopusik, who will probably have to be euthanised.

The application of the law with regards to animals CURRENTLY in captivity is abysmal.
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is there anyway that i can get around my tort not having a cert?
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So whats going to happen to peep's torties who have been rehomed from terrible states that came with no certs? Will these be taken away and put to sleep? If so its seriously a sick thing to do as peeps like me have saved torts from nr death, bad housing, diet etc as it already is, surely ending their lives becoz no certs came with them is WAYYYY out of depth.
It is the same for me, Linz. I am rescuing a tort next weekend, he is an elderly tortoise who has no certs, where does that leave him
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hide him....thats what im gonna do lol
my vet is a legend so he wont say anything but im not taking any risks
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Well thats jst typical innit andy, i mean how will you get round that then if the tort becomes ill, you going to ask you vet to lie. also your not doing well bragging about breaking the law are you young sir, its a worrying time for us all.
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Well thats jst typical innit andy, i mean how will you get round that then if the tort becomes ill, you going to ask you vet to lie. also your not doing well bragging about breaking the law are you young sir, its a worrying time for us all.
say i lost the cert?
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Well this is where your childish behaviour comes in again innit lol
as that wont bloody work will it.
Wheres the proof you got your torts from as thats what proof they need.
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It is the same for me, Linz. I am rescuing a tort next weekend, he is an elderly tortoise who has no certs, where does that leave him



How old is the tort petey.
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Well this is where your childish behaviour comes in again innit lol
as that wont bloody work will it.
Wheres the proof you got your torts from as thats what proof they need.
well Andy highfield says theres nothing to worry about lol, i really hope hes right this time
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Me too, what exactly did Andy say, im sure lots of peeps will need reasurring.
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