NORTH PORT, Fla. — A community wide search in North Port led to the safe return of a missing African spurred tortoise named Ninja, who escaped his outdoor enclosure on Sunday.

Hery Razafimamonjiraibe, the Madagascar director for the Turtle Survival ... markings on their shells, Razafimamonjiraibe said. There were once tens of millions of radiated tortoises in Madagascar ...

They are eaten, but also illegally trafficked to be sold as pets because of the striking yellow and black markings on their shells, Razafimamonjiraibe said. There were once tens of millions of ...

Hery Razafimamonjiraibe, the Madagascar director for the Turtle Survival ... markings on their shells, Razafimamonjiraibe said. There were once tens of millions of radiated tortoises in Madagascar ...

The 12,000 radiated and spider tortoises that were ... and black markings on their shells, Razafimamonjiraibe said. This undated handout photo provided by the Turtle Survival Alliance shows ...