American Tortoise Rescue Celebrates WorldTurtleDay® 2015 on May 23rd

All Volunteer Organization Celebrates 25 Years of Rescuing and RehomingMalibu, CA – March 30, 2015 – American Tortoise Rescue  (ATR), a nonprofit organization established in 1990 for the protection of all species of tortoise and turtle, is celebrating its 15th annual World Turtle Day® on May 23rd.  The day was created by ATR as an observance to celebrate and protect turtles and tortoises and their disappearing habitats around the world.  Since 1990, Susan Tellem and Marshall Thompson, the founders of ATR, have rescued and rehomed about 3,000 tortoises and turtles