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Gopher tortoises will dig burrows and red-tailed hawks and great horned owls will hunt in the open pines.

David Price

These tortoises are endangered species. They are also very territorial. Unfortunately, they get killed trying to come back.

Mary Cantrell

Tortoises are being pushed so much, there are places where there are nine or 10 tortoises on one half-acre piece of property.

Matt Singer

It's important because there are gopher tortoises being killed every day. This would aid in the prosecution of those killed illegally.

Laurie Macdonald

Twenty tortoises is a small population. These [20] tortoises would not protect the survival of gopher tortoises in Florida, but protecting them would preserve the species in Hillsborough County.

Joan Berish