CNN —A 100-year-old African tortoise named Biscuit has been reunited with his family after being rescued from a canal, according to the Parish of Ascension in Louisiana. Animal control officers Curt Trepagnier and Isreal Millet “humanely contained, loaded into the truck, and safely transported” Biscuit to Cara’s House-Ascension Parish Animal Shelter, the post detailed. Biscuit was rescued by Animal Control in Ascension Parish, Louisiana. “We are happy to report that Biscuit has been reunited with his family! A video on the shelter’s Facebook page showed the centenarian tortoise slowly walking in front of his owner toward Howard’s pickup truck.

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Persons: Curt Trepagnier, Isreal Millet “, Lamoine Howard, “, Howard, ” Howard, ” Organizations: CNN, Cara’s, Animal Control, ” CNN Locations: Ascension, Louisiana, New, Baton Rouge and New Orleans, Ascension Parish , Louisiana