pune the state forest division in association with resq charitable trust released 120 tortoises in the protected forest areas of chandrapur on fridaythe tortoises were rescued from illegal pet traders and traffickers from different areas across the statethe tortoises were kept under observation for the last four weeks at our reptile transit unit in bavdhan before they were released they were medically fit to be released into the forest said neha panchamia founder and president resqthese tortoises were collected from satara solapur sangli alibag and other areas of the statethe buyers need to understand that keeping protected species as pets at home is illegal we have appealed to people not to buy tortoises from any trader or trafficker said rahul patil deputy conservator of forest pune divisioncaptured leopard freedthe pune forest division on saturday released a leopard captured on wednesday night at gosavi wasti in hadapsar in an undisclosed forest area of pune district