Welcome to The Tortoise Shack

The Tortoise Shack is a non-profit tortoise organization run by animal-experienced handlers. We specialize in breeding tortoises of many different species for reestablishing repopulation purposes. Our main goal is to introduce exotic tortoises and their offspring that have been captive bred at our facilities into A.Z.A accredited zoos or facilities. All tortoise preservation facilities must meet our Director's needs for admission into our Animal Forwarding Plan. We do not sell any animals for any reason. We relocate to zoos the babies that have been bred at our facilities for the sole purpose to continue our passion of placing our offspring into repopulation programs around the world.

Exceptional care of our animals includes maintaining habitats as close to their natural surroundings and is a huge bonus toward tortoise care.

There are many things to consider when getting into keeping exotic animals, let alone the tortoise species. For example, some species require major care and can grow into extremely large sizes, typically without preparedness.

We successfully care for tortoises that have 90 percent captive mortality rates yet thrive healthily in our captivity; tortoises that require constant 130-degree F temperatures to stimulate breeding. We put our complete heart, mind, knowledge, and care into helping animals that humans are destroying in the wild, restoring strong populations in numbers that can be reintroduced in their natural habitats.

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• Read more about our non-profit tortoise organization - G.R.E.E.N. (Global Repopulation of Endangered Exotics Non-Profit)
• View our tortoise facilities and habitates
• Read more about our current breeders
• Check out our current tortoise articles