Vale Vets Devon News Today

Nestled in the heart of the Devonshire countryside, just a short drive from Exeter, Ashclyst Forest is an English idyll. Spanning 270 hectares of oak, hazel and ash, it forms part of the National Trust’s 18th-century Killerton Estate, and is popular with nature lovers and dog walkers alike.

As discovery baffles community, police examine potential link to 2021 find in same forest

A police investigation is under way, while the neighbouring village of Broadclyst has been gripped by speculation over how the reptiles perished.

The bodies of seven Aldabra giant tortoises, one of the largest tortoise species in the world, and endemic to Seychelles, were found dead in the National Trust’s Ashclyst Forest, Devon, ...

The Aldabra giant tortoises - classed as vulnerable by conservation groups - were found in Ashclyst Forest near Exeter.