https://youtu.be/GlS6iOjd6egRIVERSIDE - A tortoise native to the Saharan desert and found on an Eastvale street was returned to his owners today amid joy and relief.
"King,'' a 15-year-old Sulcata tortoise, was retrieved by Bonnie and Sean Wang after his roughly three-day stay at the Western Riverside County Animal Shelter in Jurupa Valley.
"Today was a happy day for King the tortoise. He was reunited with his Eastvale family,'' Department of Animal Services spokesman John Welsh said.
He said King was spotted over the weekend in the middle of a street near the home of Angela and Javier Puelles, who managed to move the heavyweight reptile out of the roadway and onto their property.
The couple flagged down an animal control officer on his rounds on Easter Sunday, alerting him to the
