Where can I easily adopt a desert tortoise in glendale az?
As you probably already know, the only way to legally keep a Desert or Gopher Tortoise in the US is to apply to adopt one, which will always be considered the property of the government and they will have rules and guidelines you must follow. While a google search will reveal other sites, you may want to start at http://www.tortoise.org Before you go through that, though, you may want to research Desert Tortoises as pets. They are generally not considered great pets unless you can offer them a pretty large home and really don’t ever need to see them again because they are going to hide most of the time. There are other tortoises that will do well in Arizona with a little help, including things like the beautiful but larger Leopard Tortoise, or the smaller Greek, Hermann’s, and so on. Avoid the cheap and popular Sulcata or African Spurred Tortoise unless you do a lot of reasearch and KNOW you can handle this giant living bulldozer as
