Iowa museum says tortoise was never stolen

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Iowa museum says tortoise was never stolen

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/iowa-museum-says-tortoise-never-stolen-201237340.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/b9jCaFAVL4X8r0NvG8woIw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/eaba5ae27bc1340b2e0f6a706700c5ea.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this undated file photo provided by Katlyn R. Gerken, a staff member of the National Mississippi River Museum &amp; Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa holds Cashew, an 18-pound African leopard tortoise. The museum said Friday, April 5, 2013, that an employee found the tortoise behind paneling in her enclosure and hid her in an elevator in a misguided attempt to prevent further embarrassment after officials announced Tuesday that they believed Cashew had been stolen.  (AP Photo/Katlyn R. Gerken, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this undated file photo provided by Katlyn R. Gerken, a staff member of the National Mississippi River Museum &amp; Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa holds Cashew, an 18-pound African leopard tortoise. The museum said Friday, April 5, 2013, that an employee found the tortoise behind paneling in her enclosure and hid her in an elevator in a misguided attempt to prevent further embarrassment after officials announced Tuesday that they believed Cashew had been stolen.  (AP Photo/Katlyn R. Gerken, File)" border="0" /></a>DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) â€" An African leopard tortoise thought to be stolen from an Iowa museum was actually trapped behind paneling in her enclosure, and a misguided employee who found her lied to keep up the story about her theft, the museum announced Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>

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