Editor’s Note: A previous version of this article misspelled the business owner’s first name. We regret the error.
SEMMES, Ala. (WKRG) — A giant tortoise named Joey has been missing from Linda’s Learning Farm for more than three weeks, and his disappearance has sparked attention across social media.
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Joey is a 60-pound African spurred tortoise who lives at the farm in Semmes.
“We actually use him on the farm as a tool to teach the kids about an animal that you don’t get to see on a day-to-day basis,” RaeAnn Shoemaker, Linda’s daughter and a farmer at Linda’s Learning Farm, said.
Joey went missing in late September…