“Unraveling Secrets: Police Discover Shocking Truth Behind Foul Odor in Abandoned House”
However, by 2010, their numbers had dropped to below 6 million. Now, there are only an estimated 3 million. Although the team knew that there were countless tortoises in the house they couldn’t tell how many. In total, there were over 9,000 of them crammed in that small space.
A Silver Lining
Although the tortoises had been living in appalling conditions and had been horribly mistreated, they were happy that they were able to recover so many. Because many of them were sickly, a lot of care was taken in transporting them to a safe place.
Because they had found so many, the team was hopeful that they might be able to help bring their population numbers up. Unfortunately, not everything was a good as it seemed with the animals.
The Bad News
Even though those helping with the tortoises were happy that they found them, they also learned the hard truth. Unfortunately, it was discovered that many of the Tortoises wouldn’t survive to the next week because many of them were severely ill.
Most of them were very dehydrated and although the vets did all they could do, they couldn’t save them all. Even working around the clock, it was almost impossible to work with over 9,000 tortoises.
The Neighbors Couldn’t Believe It
The people who had called the police about the smell were in disbelief by what was found inside. Not only were they surprised that there was criminal activity occurring, but that there were 9,000 endangered tortoises inside.
