On the morning of May 19, the Jinjiaba police station received an alarm from an enthusiastic citizen that a tortoise was picked up by the river, most likely a protected animal.
After receiving the police, the police immediately drove to the scene.
The tortoise is large, weighed and weighs up to 15 kilograms.
Its shell is brown, with regular edges and angles on the back of the collar, and its four legs are very thick. But it crawled slowly and was so timid that it curled up its head and limbs as soon as a living person approached.
On the same day, the police of jinjiaba police station contacted the Wujiang Forestry Bureau.
Outwardly, it can be concluded that this is the Adabra tortoise, mainly distributed in Madagascar, Seychelles and the United Republic of Tanzania, and is an exotic species. The carapace of adult male turtles has an average carapace length of 120 cm and weighs up to 250 kg. It is the world's longest-lived tortoise and is now on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
The staff of the Forestry Service told the civilian police.
At present, the tortoise has been sent to the Suzhou Terrestrial Wildlife Rescue Center.
Police prompt
When an unidentified animal is found, seek help from a professional department as soon as possible.
In addition, wild animals under national level I and II protection, or wild animals listed in Appendices I and II of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, cannot be privately fed, sold, transported or sold.
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