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Did anyone else here have a part in this? Those years in the 1970s when tortoises were the in thing, and 70% of them didn;t survive their first winter?I had one in 76' that copped for it in hibernation. A few years later, my friend at school had one he kept in a cardboard box in the back yard, and the bin men took it by mistake.That was when binmen were so good they took stuff you didn;t want them to, now they don;t take the stuff you want them to.

Sorry Jane i didnt take part in this one.But i will speak for my nextdoor neighbours whom most certainly did!They had three tortoises that used to roam around in there back garden like it was a small Giptonite Galapagos lolTrouble is they forgot to mention this fact to there Dodgy eyed granddad who popped around one day and whizzed over there garden with the Flymo and chopped them all to pieces    

Crazy Jane wrote: Did anyone else here have a part in this? Those years in the 1970s when tortoises were the in thing, and 70% of them didn;t survive their first winter?I had one in 76' that copped for it in hibernation. A few years later, my friend at school had one he kept in a cardboard box in the back yard, and the bin men took it by mistake.That was when binmen were so good they took stuff you didn;t want them to, now they don;t take the stuff you want them to. Yes, it was called Pedro. About 1976 too. I was only 7 so not sure I am wholly to blame.

I blame Blue Peter for the Tortoise masacre lol