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Rare Tortoises' Entombment To End
Under Florida's pave-and-pay program, developers obtained "take" permits from the state to build on top of tortoise burrows—essentially entombing them alive. About 94,000 tortoises may have been buried since pave-and-pay began in 1991. Some suffered slow deaths due to dehydration or starvation, while others were crushed by heavy machinery........more
OMG!!! that is just plain cruel :(
ReplyDeletegreat to see that the programme is in the process of phasing out. still could'nt believed it happened