These are all good & valid points. I am ready to start moving forward again with my hunt for Frankie. I did - back when it first happened - suggest to the sanctuary about going to TV and she asked me not to because it would shine a bad light on her. BIG RED FLAG.
I spent so much time last year...
Yes to all this. She was missing a day, I believe. And then when I asked about offering a reward, they said they could do $50. It kills me to think of her not being taken care of. Although if she is being used as a breeding tortoise (highly highly likely) then that takes this in a whole other...
They said they did a full search for her once they realized she was missing. And, yes, they said there had been work being done on the property and it was probably someone who had come in (since they did not have a locking gate) during the day.
Exactly, thank you! They got a new custom locking gate - but it was several months after! If someone came on my property and stole something, I would be securing it up tight IMMEDIATELY. AND filing a police report, AND contacting all the companies that came in that day (they were having work...
She was there a year, and no, they did not compensate me nor did they do anything to try to find her. I know if someone came on my property and stole something, I would be working HARD to bring them to justice.
Of course there was plenty they could have done: filed a police report, contacted all the companies & workers who had come through that day, sent out notices to everyone they knew asking for help/tips, posted on Craigslist, offered more than the measly $50 reward they committed to... all of the...
It is Tortoise Acres Rescue & Sanctuary in Anderson, CA. The police have not been any help, even though the value of my tortoise is well over $950, which is the threshold of considering a theft a felony. I understand finding a tortoise is not high on their list, but it's time for me to get back...