Couple's 150-Year-Old Tortoise Missing
14/10/2008 03:50
For 65 years, Butch
has been a fixture in the Monta Vista
neighborhood in Cupertino, wandering around
Opal Carle's yard, nibbling on roses and
grazing around her
feet.But now, Butch, a threatened desert tortoise, is missing and the family he lived with for two generations is beside itself with worry.
Opal Carle was 93 when she died this summer. Butch is 150 and was expected to carry on for many more years under the care of Opal's son and daughter-in-law, Charles and Penny Carle.
"It's like losing a child," said Penny Carle, the only one Butch will come to when his name is called. "I'm sitting here looking at his picture."
Hare raising story here.
SINC SAYS:
C’mon now folks, how much of a head start could a turtle have anyway?
