SORRENTO, La. — A Louisiana family had a happy reunion with their 100-year-old tortoise.
The Parish of Ascension says a local animal control team rescued the family's African tortoise from a canal last week. The reptile, named "Biscuit," was in distress.
He was taken to an animal shelter and later reunited with his family. They said he escaped after a storm blew their back gate open and broke the latch.