Desert tortoise no longer lost in Lafayette

October 19, 2010 · Posted in Environment · Comments Off 

UPDATE: LUCY HAS BEEN FOUND!

 

Have you seen this desert tortoise?

EARLIER: Lucy the desert tortoise usually goes out for a spin during the day and comes home. A stranger thought he’d help her out by getting her across a highway but, well, let’s let the Denver Post take it from here:

A good samaritan rescued her and lifted her across the highway so she wouldn’t be hit by a car.

Then, said Rockley, Lucy — who is extremely friendly, follows people, and answers to her name — followed her scent back to her Westminster home near 144th Avenue and Huron Street.

The 7-year-old reptile, who usually suns herself during the day and then knocks on the back door when the sun sets so she can sleep inside the house, actually got to the home last Thursday, said Rockley.

Because no one was home, Rockley said that Lucy saw some movers at the house next door and started following them, much like a family dog, perhaps hoping they could help her into the home.

Rockley said one of the movers picked up the tortoise and took her to his home but the mover’s wife didn’t want to keep Lucy.

On Saturday, Rockley was able to contact the mover who said he had taken Lucy to a pond located near East Emma Street and South Burlington Avenue in Lafayette.

Keep reading about Lucy the desert tortoise… I wish she knew about public transportation, like this great English dog or these Russsian ones!