170 Indian star tortoises found abandoned
The Hindu
They were in two bags at K.R. Market bus stand
Staff of a travel agency that operates private buses rescued 170 Indian star tortoises that they found in two bags at K.R. Market bus stand.
The men who were weighing parcels bound for Chennai on a National Travels bus spotted the bags unattended. The contents in the bag were moving. When they opened one, they discovered that it was filled with small tortoises. The second bag was also filled with the threatened species.
The police suspect that the person who brought the bags to the bus stand was planning to take them to another city, possibly Chennai, but developed cold feet when he saw staff weighing passenger’s bags before loading them in the luggage cabin.
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