They Needed a Home
Several things became apparent once they had made the unbelievable discovery, and one of those things was that they needed to find these tortoises a home. They had been living in a bad situation for long enough and probably wouldn’t have any idea how to live and grow in the wild considering they had always been in captivity…
We know what you’re thinking, finding homes for 8000 separate tortoises isn’t such an easy task… But it is a task that had to be done nonetheless. If these tortoises didn’t find a new home then they would most certainly be attacked by poachers again and maybe even put back in captivity. The team made sure to at least look after them and feed them properly until the time came for them to leave.