Tortoises Likely To Get A Break​

Tortoises Likely To Get A Break By: Kevin Spear, Sentinel Staff Writer02/06/2025 | Angels in Distress | Tortoises,  A Turning Point for Florida’s Gopher Tortoises Momentum is building to protect gopher tortoises—even among developers. Florida’s long-criticized policy that allows construction projects to entomb tortoises in their burrows could largely end next year. Since 1992, the […]

The state allows the Wal-Mart store’s developers to bury the tortoises alive

The state allows the Wal-Mart store’s developers to bury the tortoises alive By Robert P. Kin02/06/2025 | Angels in Distress | Editor’s note: Report originally published (2005) in The Palm Beach Post. Refeatured for context and public interest. Slow deaths of five tortoises expose a horrifying practice North Palm Beach County shoppers seeking low-priced pants, patio […]

Activist “Don’t Bury Turtles Alive​

Activist “Don’t Bury Turtles Alive Florida’s Silent Battle: Saving the Buried Tortoises By Charles Rabin A Broward animal rights activist is taking on a powerful state agency to protect one of Florida’s most vulnerable species: the gopher tortoise. These small, burrow-dwelling reptiles are at risk of being buried alive as developers clear land for new […]

Tortoises Likely To Get A Break

Tortoises Likely To Get A Break Florida Moves to Protect the Gopher Tortoise By Kevin Spear, Sentinel Staff Writer A Turning Point for the Gopher Tortoise Efforts to protect one of Florida’s most emblematic species, the gopher tortoise, are finally gaining traction — even among developers. The state’s long-criticized policy allowing developers to bury tortoises […]