Kay Gray of Exmouth is leading a campaign to stop live tortoise importation. The author of booklets on tortoise care is concerned about the mass importation, transportation and sale of tortoises. Many very young tortoises arrive dead or in poor condition and the majority do not survive their first winter hibernation. Common species of tortoise like Testudo graeca the Spur-thighed tortoise and Testudo hermanni Hermann’s tortoise are imported into the UK from Europe.