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Since her arrival she has been in a holding pen, under the watchful eye of her keepers, to give her time to settle in to her new surroundings.
The Desert Tortoise Conservation Center south of Las Vegas has undergone a major transformation since it was created in 1990 mainly as a holding pen.
But I've been in this holding pen alone for three-and-a-half hours, without food or water, and have, already, in that period of time, been hauled out five times for interrogating (the first couple of times, I'd describe it as questioning; after that, it became worse) by four different people.
 
 
 
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