A tortoise has miraculously survived after being buried under 50 tonnes of rubbish. How did the tortoise get into this filthy mess? His owners accidentally threw him out!
Thirty year old Fred the tortoise is recovering after sneaking into a bin liner looking for somewhere to hibernate, according to reports in The Daily Telegraph.
Fred’s owner Jane Deslandes innocently picked up the rubbish sack and left it out for binmen – a decision that resulted in Fred experiencing a 20-mile journey from the family home in Mother of six Jane said: "It was absolutely horrendous when we realised what had happened - I knew what had happened straight away because we put the bags out in the garden before collection day.
"And it's the time of year when he's looking for nice warm places to hibernate. But we panicked because we didn't know where the rubbish goes so we had to phone the council to find out."
After a long, grimy search, Fred was eventually found underneath a stack of household waste, just minutes before the day’s rubbish was due for burial.
Jane added: "We were overjoyed - words can't describe how happy we were. He was a bit dishevelled looking and had a couple of chips on his shell. But otherwise he was okay."
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