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  1. Tortoise Adoption Information

    tortoise Press to toggle details. Care for a desert tortoise Captive desert tortoise cold weather care Proper desert tortoise diet Native Plants for Desert Tortoises: downloadable brochure Desert tortoise health…

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  2. AZGFD: See a desert tortoise? Keep it wild

    …important guidelines:  Keep wild desert tortoises wild. Taking a wild desert tortoise home is illegal in Arizona. Additionally, most desert tortoises stay in the same small area their entire lives….

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  3. Desert Tortoise

    …release of captive tortoises into the wild and disease. The desert tortoise and other North American tortoise species can become infected with a disease called Upper Respiratory Tract Disease. Once…

  4. AZGFD: Give desert tortoises right of way  

    …slower “traveler” the right of way. A protected species, desert tortoises are traversing the same trails and backroads — but, in typical desert tortoise fashion, they do it in low…

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  5. Tortoise Tales: Your Guide to Adoption and Care

    …a Sonoran desert tortoise. Arizona Game and Fish Department staff will hold a free virtual tortoise adoption information session via Zoom at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 27, for anyone…

  6. Wildlife Care Center

    tortoise adoption program Adoption facilities in Phoenix and Tucson. Questions about adopting a tortoise, call 844 896-5730 or email for information to TAP@azgfd.gov. what you need to know desert tortoise

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