AILSA CHANG, HOST:

Earlier this year, we brought you a story about Rockalina, a wild eastern box turtle who's been living in a New York kitchen ever since a young boy caught her while playing outside in 1977.

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UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: Is she in good shape?

CHRIS LEONE: I'm going to be honest with you, no.

SCOTT DETROW, HOST:

That was Chris Leone meeting Rockalina for the first time. He is the founder of Garden State Tortoise, the New Jersey organization that rescued the turtle.

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