Waco Trib By KRISTIN HOPPA 9/27/2018
A pursuit through a Hewitt neighborhood reached the pace of a “brisk walk†after a large pet tortoise broke through its owner’s fence.
A neighbor reported a “large turtle†loose in a yard in the 200 block of Russell Lane at about 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. Animal control Officer Jeff Douglas said he was working on reports at the time and did not immediately go to the neighborhood.
“I wasn’t in that much of a hurry to get out there, because it was just a turtle in a yard. About 15 minutes later, I got a call of another one, and I thought ‘why are there two different people calling in about a turtle?’†Douglas said. “I went out there, and there was a man holding his arms out saying there is a turtle this big around.â€
Since the first call, the 15-year-old African spurred tortoise named Frank the Tank had made it about a block and a half from the yard on Russell Lane to East Johnson Street, Douglas said.
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