Folks,
Somebody picked up a little tortoise (see attachments) in the street in Randburg earlier today - I agreed to get it to somebody who'd be able to take care of it.
I am a total amateur at this, but from what I looked at on the internet this evening, it looks like a female serrated tortoise Psammobates oculifer, commonly known as the Kalahari tent tortoise - am I even close?
I read in other threads in this forum that it is illegal to own them, so I'll take it to the Johannesburg Zoo tomorrow.
Does anyone know what the requirements are for getting a permit? What are the penalties / fines for keeping it illegally?
Thank you for this board; browsing around here has been very interesting!