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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. “Shell”ebrate spring by adopting a desert tortoise!

    adoption process, burrow-building and tortoise care can be found at azgfd.gov/tortoise.  Wildlife biologists at AZGFD are currently caring for over 100 surrendered desert tortoises that would jump (or at least crawl…

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  3. 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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  4. 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…

  5. 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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  6. 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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