Who Steals a Turtle?

There's Rainbow, aka "the bubbers". He/she/ whatever was so named by Kiddo because we didn't know the sex of the turtle.

The females get bigger, but when they are itty bitty it is hard to tell.

Rainbow got taken.
We got up Sunday morning and Honeyman went out to feed him and he was just gone.

This is his home. Honeyman made it. He built the frame and set a koi pond down into it.
If you look closely, you can see Rainbow in the corner during one of his escape attempts.

The water was lower than in this picture.
He never could get out because he couldn't get his flippers hooked over the sides of the tank to pull himself out.

So, the explanation is that someone took him.
People have been known around here to steal kittens and puppies.

But, if by some miracle he was able to get out on his own, I do hope he made it down to the pond safely.

Adding insult to injury was that Kiddo was celebrating her birthday.

Just a few weeks ago, she lost Felix.
Another cat came on property and killed the poor little guy.

Which leads me to the question of why would someone steal a turtle.
Because they a a walking turd, that's why.

No other possible explanation.