{"id":357614,"date":"2018-04-20T10:59:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-20T09:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/southern-california-tortoise-with-cracked-shell-gets-4000-repair\/"},"modified":"2018-04-20T10:59:00","modified_gmt":"2018-04-20T09:59:00","slug":"southern-california-tortoise-with-cracked-shell-gets-4000-repair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/southern-california-tortoise-with-cracked-shell-gets-4000-repair\/","title":{"rendered":"Southern California Tortoise with Cracked Shell Gets $4,000 Repair"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n<p>A wayward tortoise that cracked its shell after falling off a 10-foot wall in San Diego is recovering after veterinarians used screws, zip ties and denture material to make repairs.<\/p>\n<p>San Diego County Animal Services Director Dan DeSousa says the 90-pound male African spurred tortoise probably was a pet that got loose from a yard.<\/p>\n<p>He says it was found Sunday after falling over the wall while escaping a dog.<\/p>\n<p>DeSousa says the animal&#8217;s shell cracked into three pieces. Veterinarians repaired it Tuesday in a three-hour operation.<\/p>\n<p>The $4,000 cost is covered by the county&#8217;s Spirit Fund. The tortoise will live with a rescue group.<\/p>\n<p>DeSousa says it will take a year to heal, but the 35- to 40-year-old tortoise could have many more decades of life.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Comments<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/redice.tv\/news\/southern-california-tortoise-with-cracked-shell-gets-4-000-repair\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A wayward tortoise that cracked its shell after falling off a 10-foot wall in San Diego is recovering after veterinarians used screws, zip ties and denture material to make repairs. San Diego County Animal Services Director Dan DeSousa says the 90-pound male African spurred tortoise probably was a pet that got loose from a yard. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2520,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-357614","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2520"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=357614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357614\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}