Protected gopher tortoises are becoming targets in Florida, at least according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. A driver, who Pinellas County Sheriff's deputies say intentionally ran over a tortoise outside San Jose Elementary School in Dunedin. In Nassau County, a tortoise was found shot. It later died of it's injuries. One was also shot and killed in Venice, Florida. THIS MUST STOP because it is illegal to kill or harass gopher tortoises, their burrows or their eggs, according to state law. ALL LIFE DESERVES RESPECT!!!