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| Tortoise saved from rubbish dump | Tortoise saved from rubbish dump |
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| A 30-year-old tortoise unwittingly sent to a landfill site with its owner's rubbish has been found alive. | A 30-year-old tortoise unwittingly sent to a landfill site with its owner's rubbish has been found alive. |
| Fred, owned by Jane Deslandies from Margate in Kent, climbed into a bin bag and was taken to the Canterbury site by refuse collectors on Wednesday morning. | |
| When Mrs Deslandies realised what had happened at midday, she phoned Thanet Council and the landfill site and was allowed to look through the rubbish. | When Mrs Deslandies realised what had happened at midday, she phoned Thanet Council and the landfill site and was allowed to look through the rubbish. |
| She did not find Fred, but he was rescued later that day by site workers. | She did not find Fred, but he was rescued later that day by site workers. |
| Mrs Deslandies said she could not have lived with herself if Fred had not been found. | Mrs Deslandies said she could not have lived with herself if Fred had not been found. |
| 'Totally amazed' | 'Totally amazed' |
| "When we got to the site it was absolutely awful there, I thought we haven't got a hope and I cried my eyes out," she said. | "When we got to the site it was absolutely awful there, I thought we haven't got a hope and I cried my eyes out," she said. |
| "The manager said they would look through all the bags but if they didn't find Fred by five o'clock they'd have to bury all that rubbish. | "The manager said they would look through all the bags but if they didn't find Fred by five o'clock they'd have to bury all that rubbish. |
| "So we left and I cried all the way home, but I was almost back in Margate when I got a call from my husband and he said they'd found Fred alive. | "So we left and I cried all the way home, but I was almost back in Margate when I got a call from my husband and he said they'd found Fred alive. |
| "I was totally amazed, I just could not believe our luck," she added. | "I was totally amazed, I just could not believe our luck," she added. |
| Fred was taken to the vet's for an injection and is now back in Mrs Deslandies' garden. | Fred was taken to the vet's for an injection and is now back in Mrs Deslandies' garden. |