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53-Year-Old-Tortoise Homeless After Owner Dies Of Virus

May 26, 2020 / 9:31 AM EDT / CBS Detroit

WALTHAM, MA - PATCH (CBS Detroit)

She loves fruit salad and dandelions, attention from people and time outside. And at 53, she may just be the oldest animal that MSPCA-Angell in Boston has ever been charged with adopting into a new home.

In this picture taken on October 12, 2019, an Asian giant tortoise is pictured at the Turtle Conservation Centre at a forest reserve in Rajendrapur, some 40 kilometres (25 miles) north of capital Dhaka. - The newly hatched tortoises take their first steps in a small box, their feet barely visible under bony shells. These little giants -- among 41 babies born to several Asian Forest Tortoises brought together at a conservation park in Bangladesh -- carry the weight of their species on their backs. (Photo by MUNIR UZ ZAMAN / AFP) / TO GO WITH: Bangladesh-conservation-environment-animal-tortoise, FOCUS by Shafiqul ALAM (Photo by MUNIR UZ ZAMAN/AFP via Getty Images)

She is "Ms. Jennifer," a tortoise whose Waltham owner died this week because of complications with the coronavirus and who the MSPCA is looking to place into a loving adoptive home. And according to the adoption center, she is the 10th animal to be surrendered to the MSPCA in Boston as a result of the pandemic.

"We continue to see animals coming to us because their owners have either died, fallen too ill to care for them, or been so impacted economically that they could no longer care for the pets," said Victoria Odynsky, manager of the MSPCA-Angell's Boston adoption center.

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