{"id":14929,"date":"2017-03-13T18:15:09","date_gmt":"2017-03-13T18:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/georgiaarsoncontrol.org\/?p=14929"},"modified":"2017-03-13T18:15:09","modified_gmt":"2017-03-13T18:15:09","slug":"firefighters-rescue-lost-100-pound-tortoise-from-culvert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/georgiaarsoncontrol.org\/?p=14929","title":{"rendered":"Firefighters rescue ‘lost’ 100-pound tortoise from culvert"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Daily Bulletin<\/a>) \u2013 Rancho Cucamonga firefighters and animal control officers on Thursday took part in an unusual heavy rescue.<\/p>\n

Shortly before 1 p.m., the officers requested a three-person engine crew to come to a culvert near Hillside Road and Topaz Street.<\/p>\n

At the bottom was a 100-pound sulcata tortoise, an African species and popular pet.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnimal control called us because of the difficulty getting the tortoise out of the drainage culvert,\u201d Rancho Cucamonga Fire Protection District spokesperson Kelley Donaldson said via text message.<\/p>\n

The firefighters lifted it out using \u201ca device that can only be described as a heavy duty tarp with carrying handles,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve had other animal rescues, but never one of such a large tortoise,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n

Donaldson said the tortoise\u2019s owners were found after the city\u2019s animal services director announced the discovery on Nextdoor.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis name is a Rocky and he is 18-years old,\u201d wrote city spokesperson Francie Palmer in an email. \u201cHe got out and walked a block or so from his house before he fell into the culvert and was discovered by a passing bicyclist.\u201d<\/p>\n

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