Thank you all so much for the kind words & good vibes. Right now the biggest nagging thought -outside of "why?!?!?"- is that hopefully these tortoises are being cared for correctly, but obviously very worried that they're not. This is the first time we've really had an issue that didn't involve an employee to some extent (at least that we know), so it feels like we're just chasing ghosts in terms of who did it.
On the upside, the idiots who did do this left their tools behind @ the scene, so maybe that will turn up some leads.
K~