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Hello all you lovely tortoise people out there, most of you will know by know that I have spent two years trying to fight the local council who have re-classified the tortoises as wild animals and insist I will not be able to re-open to the public without a zoo license. This is not an option for me so the sad news is that I have made the decision that I will not be opening to the public again. I am looking at this in a positive light and will be doing what I think is best for the tortoises. If you have a tortoise living here, you will already have heard from me about its future. Anyone who is a member of a tortoise society around the country who might want to take on a re-home, please contact me in the spring, as I will then have made some decisions about the collection.

May I take this opportunity to say a heartfelt thank you to all of you who have supported me through this time and especially all those people who have sent donations here or paid into my paypal account. I cannot tell you how grateful I have been for this support and I hope those of you who can spare a little, will continue to do so. I have replied to all those who sent me an address but some of you sent money anonymously and to all of you, I say a big thank you.

If the family from Birmingham who bought me a large tortoise called Humphrey in and left no contact details is reading this, she is now called Lady Humphrey and she is doing very well. She is eating and walking about a little so I have every hope she will recover. Some of you have become regular donators to the tortoise funds, you know who you are and I appreciate all your help. We managed to stay open for most of the summer and had quite a busy one. The weather was not brilliant but the tortoises didn’t seem too bothered. They were reluctant to hibernate this year due to the mild autumn we had a number of you phoned me with the same problem.  Lots of confused tortoises around the country. This latest cold snap persuaded most of mine it really was time to give in so all is quiet here. I had to have a new heating system put into the tropical house for Zeus and friends as theirs broke down and it was cheaper to replace the system than dig all the concrete up to repair it!! Such is life. I will still be taking calls if anyone needs any help or advice and I will still be doing holiday babysitting.

Thank you all so much for your continuing support, happy Christmas to all and a safe peaceful new year.

All our good wishes to you all out there,

Joy & Geoff.