Hello everyone. We’d like to thank everyone for their welcomes towards our rescue. We’d just like to bring some things to the light that we’ve received multiple less than friendly reply’s towards.
1. We cannot change the elevation of the area we live in. We are called Rocky Mountain Tortoise Rescue we are not located in the mountains. Actually about 4 hours east of the mountains.
2. We cannot change Alberta’s climate. Yes we have harsh winters and not the greatest climate. Of course we’d love for our tortoises to live outside all year. However that’s not possible. All of the tortoises in our care live in indoor temperature and humidity controlled enclosures from About mid September to the end of April.
3. All of our tortoises are rehomed under strict non breeding contracts
4. We are not running a tortoise smuggling ring behind our rescue and the amount of people who have messaged us accusing us of this is ridiculous.
We want the absolute best for the tortoises in our area and have even paid a multiple thousands of dollars into taking tortoises out of terrible conditions.
1. We cannot change the elevation of the area we live in. We are called Rocky Mountain Tortoise Rescue we are not located in the mountains. Actually about 4 hours east of the mountains.
2. We cannot change Alberta’s climate. Yes we have harsh winters and not the greatest climate. Of course we’d love for our tortoises to live outside all year. However that’s not possible. All of the tortoises in our care live in indoor temperature and humidity controlled enclosures from About mid September to the end of April.
3. All of our tortoises are rehomed under strict non breeding contracts
4. We are not running a tortoise smuggling ring behind our rescue and the amount of people who have messaged us accusing us of this is ridiculous.
We want the absolute best for the tortoises in our area and have even paid a multiple thousands of dollars into taking tortoises out of terrible conditions.