Four-year-old Shelley the tortoise disappeared from Rossett House Nursery in Wexham, North Wales, one weekend in July after escaping from her outdoor pen.
Staff from the nursery, which is one of two settings in Wrexham owned by Active Childcare, searched the nursery’s large grounds and surrounding fields, but failed to find their pet tortoise, which they have looked after since she was a baby.
The nurseries have other pets including hamsters, fish and chickens, which they use to teach the children about the natural world. The pets are cared for by the children during the weekend, when they can take them home.
Peter Graham, owner of Active Childcare, said, ‘I was at the nursery the day that Shelley went missing. I looked over and she was there - 20 minutes later she had disappeared.
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