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Desert TortoiseArchive of news articles on external web sites. For mongabay-specific articles, please see http://www.mongabay.com/xml/list.htmlSan Jose Mercury News,Butch, the 150-year-old desert tortoise who apparently was taken from his Cupertino yard on Sept. 25, was returned home safely early Monday, Butch, phone home! 150-year-old desert tortoise still missing - Nov 4, 2008 San Jose Mercury News,By Linda Goldston Forty days after he disappeared from Penny and Charles Carle's front yard, Butch the 150-year-old desert tortoise is still missing. Of shells, scales and dandelions - Nov 14, 2008 The Record-Courier,...by Kurt Hildebrand A 1-day-old desert tortoise is held by Jennifer Hinnant at her East Valley home on Nov. 6. Just because they carry their homes around on Like their cattle on BLM land, family of ranchers stands firm - Nov 12, 2008 Las Vegas Sun,By Phoebe Sweet Don’t let the 1000-pound weight difference fool you — burrowing desert tortoise and plodding cattle are both big grazers. 2009 Mojave Max Emergence Contest Begins - Nov 7, 2008 Mesquite Local News,Since the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area visitor center is undergoing construction, Mojave Max will be housed at the Desert Tortoise 'Desert CSI’ gives kids a crack at animal tracking - Nov 12, 2008 East Valley Tribune,...“We bring out animals that you might find when you’re out hiking on an Arizona trail, like the desert tortoise, a Harris’ hawk, burrowing owls, Living Desert CEO Karen Sausman ready to dedicate multi-million ... - Nov 9, 2008 The Desert Sun,For animal exhibits, we showed small animals, like kangaroo rats, the burrowing owl, desert tortoise and lizards. I'd climb in every day and hand-feed the More rooms at zoo - Nov 13, 2008 The Desert Sun,In 1970, The Living Desert was little more than two small buildings set on flat terrain with few plants and no animal bigger than a desert tortoise. Agencies give Last Chance Park a first look - Oct 29, 2008 Pahrump Valley Times,Suggestions for park use abound -- like including a designated desert tortoise habitat. Thanks to the BLM's participation in the half-day tour, experts were Deregulating on the Way Out the Door - Nov 3, 2008 Washington Post,The significance of this proposal is immense, particularly given that listed species such as the polar bear, desert tortoise and numerous birds have become Scratching a niche - Nov 10, 2008 Farm Industry News (subscription),For a high-quality desert tortoise, though, you really need to go to Mexico. You will also expect to pay at least a thousand bucks or two for a small Obama Demands Hippies Put Down Bong, Actually Go Vote On Tuesday - Oct 28, 2008 Wonkette (satire),...actual finish line, and you will FAIL, and a terrible giant-bobble-head Walnuts McCain will beat you, the way the Desert Tortoise beat the Jackrabbit. Startup tied to California governor seeks regulatory approval for ... - Oct 26, 2008 The Canadian Press,...has generated thousands of pages of documents and studies, dealing with issues from possible erosion to the impact on the protected desert tortoise. Wayward tortoise gets free room and board - Oct 24, 2008 Monterey County Herald,McCleary and her husband, John, are providing room and board — temporarily, they hope — for a large desert tortoise that came moseying down the middle of Creatures blessed, great and small - Nov 12, 2008 Arizona Daily Star,In between were numerous dogs, a few cats, several chickens, some parrots, a rat, a crab, a desert tortoise and a pair of sugar gliders. Sugar gliders? Art of the frontier - Nov 3, 2008 Architecture and Design,...“In the Mohave Desert we had to do a study to make sure we weren’t encroaching on the habitat of the desert tortoise or the burrowing owl so we’re very Help the needy - Oct 28, 2008 Pasadena Star-News,...between panels and thousands of supports to hold the panels, drastically inhibiting the movement of the endangered species, the native desert tortoise. Marines Corps' plans to acquire land raise residents' concerns - Oct 23, 2008 Press-Enterprise,D-Anne Albers, who lives in Wonder Valley and works with Defenders of Wildlife environmental group, said the expansion area includes prime desert tortoise Kids get interactive ecology lesson - Oct 26, 2008 phillyBurbs.com,During the interactive lesson, students were thrilled to see the striped skunk, a desert tortoise, a Cooper's hawk and a rainbow boa constrictor. Former HCP mgr. levels charges - Oct 31, 2008 Desert Valley Times,The HCP is a plan that was developed by local citizens after the desert tortoise and its habitat were ordered protected under the Endangered Species Act What Canada is to hockey … - Nov 3, 2008 Las Vegas Sun,...“I used to have this girlfriend who was Catholic,� a fan named Scott Johnson told me just before the Top Fuel guys woke up every desert tortoise from here Pretrial hearing held for man accused of assault in Hereford case - Oct 23, 2008 Willcox Range News,Joshawa Liest, 31, allegedly struck and injured Ryan Collett in the 5600 block of Desert Tortoise Lane in Hereford on the night of July 3, according to a The State: CSU student held in Iran free on bail - Nov 11, 2008 Monterey County Herald,The desert tortoise named Butch was found Monday in the yard of his caretakers, Chuck and Penny Carle. He went missing from the yard in September. Posted By MIKE ANTON, LOS ANGELES TIMES - 27 Sep 2008 St. Catharines Standard,Rare butterflies and reptiles coveted by collectors, including the colourful rosy boa and the endangered desert tortoise. Tortoises have also been found Berkley seeking federal protection for land in county - 27 Sep 2008 Las Vegas Review - Journal,...the county's multi-species habitat plan that balances development with set-asides for the desert tortoise and other threatened animal and plant species. Wanted: Ride to Mojave Desert for wayward tortoise - Sep 6, 2008 Seattle Post IntelligencerSadie the desert tortoise, discovered without explanation at a rest stop on US 95 in Idaho, needs a ride to a new adoptive home to the Mojave Desert - the Reward offered in death of Calif desert tortoise - Sep 4, 2008 San Jose Mercury News,A $5000 reward has been offered for informating leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever killed a desert tortoise at a Joshua Tree National Park Wanted: Ride to Mojave Desert for wayward tortoise - Sep 7, 2008 The Associated Press...(AP) — Sadie the desert tortoise needs a ride to an adoptive home in the Mojave Desert — the sooner the better. The 10-inch reptile, found at a US 95 rest Hundreds volunteer to return tortoise to Mojave - Sep 10, 2008 Seattle Post IntelligencerBy TOM HASSLINGER COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho -- Dave and Ginger Ludwick were more than willing to give a desert tortoise a ride home with them. Solar Projects Draw New Opposition - Sep 24, 2008 New York Times,NATIVE Opponents are concerned about the impact on animals like the desert tortoise. The opposition is particularly strong in Southern California. What’sa desert tortoise worth? - Sep 7, 2008 Las Vegas Sun,He railed against tortoise spending last week just before the County Commission voted to approve a federally financed desert tortoise monitoring program at Wildlife that can take the heat - Sep 22, 2008 Christian Science Monitor,The desert tortoise lives in the higher elevations of Death Valley. The valley floor is too hot and dry for it to find food. Even at the higher elevations, Wanted: Ride to Mojave Desert for wayward tortoise - Sep 8, 2008 WTOL,...(AP) - Sadie the desert tortoise needs a ride to an adoptive home in the Mojave Desert, and soon. The 10-inch reptile was found at a rest stop in Idaho in Group dealing with influx of desert tortoises - Sep 4, 2008 Arizona Republic,5, 2008 12:00 AM The desert tortoise gnawing on Daniel Marchand's shoelace has plenty of company at this reptile sanctuary. Protected status cold comfort to tortoises - Aug 31, 2008 San Francisco Chronicle,Mike Stark, AP It's been 18 years since the federal government decided to protect the shy, slow-moving Mojave desert tortoise. Traveling tortoise makes quick stop in Utah - Sep 12, 2008 KSL-TV,Sadie the Desert Tortoise was found roaming a rest stop in Idaho in July. That's far away from his home in the Mojave desert. A Wyoming couple decided to Public Land Seizure for Military Bombing Range - Sep 17, 2008 Center for Biological Diversity (press release),Having survived more than a million years in California’s deserts, desert tortoise numbers are now crashing, particularly in the West Mojave, where much of Reward Offered for Tortoise Killers - Sep 5, 2008 KPSP,By KPSP Local 2 News A $5000 reward has been offered for information about a desert tortoise killed last month at Joshua Tree National. Sonoran Desert Museum turns 56 - Sep 1, 2008 KVOA.com,The big horned sheep actually "passed" on their sweet potato cake with carrot candles, and the slow moving desert tortoise couldn't get to their veggie SoCal Marine base seeks 424000-acre expansion - Sep 19, 2008 San Jose Mercury News,Palms Marine base—an expansion that would incorporate a popular off-road vehicle area and habitats of the threatened desert tortoise and bighorn sheep. Children’s author at Preserve - Sep 11, 2008 Wickenburg Sun,...from 10 to 11 am read from his most recent books including “Desert Night Shift (A Pack Rat Story)� and “Life in the Slow Lane (A Desert Tortoise Tale). State Briefs: Sept. 20 - Sep 20, 2008 Ventura County Star,Marine base — an expansion that would incorporate a popular off-road vehicle area and habitats of the threatened desert tortoise and bighorn sheep. A passion for birds - Sep 15, 2008 Arizona Daily Star,It should come as no surprise to know that Fazio and Rhicard share their home with critters — three cats, a desert tortoise and a kingsnake named Switchback OUT THERE: OUT THERE - Aug 31, 2008 Las Vegas Review - Journal,...be presented Tuesday, ongoing from 1 to 4 pm On Friday, there will be a fun and interactive program abut the desert tortoise for children 2-6 years. SFGate: Day in Pictures - Sep 9, 2008 San Francisco Chronicle,Bambi's best friend: An abandoned fawn hangs out with Sadie, a desert tortoise, at Dotty Cooper's animal rehabilitation center near Cusick, Wash. Two families cope with dire circumstances - Sep 20, 2008 MiamiHerald.com,And one pony, three box turtles, two bearded dragons, a desert tortoise, more than a dozen fish, and a menagerie of dogs and cats are all considered part of Miner photographer wins writing award - Sep 19, 2008 Kingman Daily Miner,Amberlyn won for her series of stories and photos on bighorn sheep, the black-footed ferret, the desert tortoise and others, said ocal Game and Fish Program Share this article: - Sep 5, 2008 Desert Valley Times,The Zion National Park Wildlife Program will be celebrating desert tortoise hatching season with a Community Potluck Birthday Party from 5 pm to dark Sarah Palin: Pet Adoption in Alaska and the Home of the Other ... - Sep 17, 2008 Examiner.comOn a final note, if you ever want to adopt a desert tortoise or a wild burro, pay a visit to Harry Reid’s and my home state- Nevada . Reward offered for information on desert tortoise killing - Sep 4, 2008 The Desert Sun,Joshua Tree National Park officials are offering a reward for information on whomever is responsible for killing a desert tortoise last month. The Downturn: Coping is common thread for two families in ... - Sep 16, 2008 Belleville News Democrat,And one pony, three box turtles, two bearded dragons, a desert tortoise, more than a dozen fish, and a menagerie of dogs and cats are all considered part of Share this article: - Sep 6, 2008 Desert Valley Times,The Zion National Park Wildlife Program will be celebrating desert tortoise hatching season with a Community Potluck Birthday from 5 pm to dark today at the City arena plans advance with operator pick on tap - Sep 14, 2008 Arizona Daily Star,The council had previously approved a 12300-seat arena designed to resemble a desert tortoise. But council support for that plan evaporated after an updated Tortoise needs ride back to California - Sep 7, 2008 Carlsbad Current Argus,...(The Spokesman Review | Dotty Cooper) Dotty Cooper watches a desert tortoise that she has named Sadie walk around at Cooper's animal rehabilitation center Furnishings and finishes that are easy to keep clean - Aug 28, 2008 OCRegister,Of course the study didn't take into account a muddy Labrador retriever, two brave chickens that have a fondness for my furniture and a desert tortoise Tortoise and fawn friendship breaks up - Sep 9, 2008 Metro,A friendship between a desert tortoise and an orphaned fawn has ended, as the fawn was released in the wild and a warmer adoptive home is sought for the Wandering whale headed from Baltic - Sep 9, 2008 Washington Times,A solitary sheep is living life in the fast lane. Sadie the desert tortoise needs a ride to an adoptive home in the Mojave Desert _ the sooner the better. National news briefs - Sep 8, 2008 Pittsburgh Post Gazette,Sadie the desert tortoise needs a ride to an adoptive home in the Mojave Desert. The 10-inch reptile, found at a US 95 rest stop in Idaho, has thrived at [an error occurred while processing this directive] archives | news | XML / RSS feed | featured
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