- More pet owners are including their long-living animals, like tortoises, in their wills.
- Desert tortoises can live over 80 years, and African spurred tortoises can live up to 150 years.
- Law firms are offering guidance on tortoise-estate planning to ensure the long-term care of these animals.
- The number of pet owners leaving money in their wills for pets has increased.
- State laws prohibit moving desert tortoises out of the state where they were adopted.
Tortoise Estate Planning—One Chore of Having a Pet That Lives 100 Years
More people are putting their desert tortoises, and other long-living animals, in their wills. Can the grandkids take ‘Jebediah?’
Eliza Collins
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