A sheriff’s office in Colorado says the case of a nearly 100-pound tortoise on the run is “closed” and the “shellebrity” went viral for attempting the “world’s slowest escape.”
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office posted bodycam video to social media this week showing Animal Control Officer Sean McMullen responding to a report on Aug. 31 of a wandering tortoise in Littleton, which is around 11 miles south of Denver.
In the lighthearted post, the sheriff’s office said the tortoise, named Lard, had “big travel plans” but also had “absolutely no sense of urgency” after escaping a fenced-in yard and heading out for “a neighborhood adventure.”…