Vancouver Canucks goalie Holtby got his pet turtles into Canada
Vancouver’s newest goaltender got a helping hand in saving his family’s pets.
Earlier this week, Brandi Holtby, the wife of new Canucks goalie Braden Holtby, reached out to Twitter with a snapping dilemma.
Hey Twitter, does anyone have any sweet connections with Federal Fish and Wildlife that could push some export papers along in order to get two happy tortoises across the border? 🇨🇦🐢🐢🇺🇸 We miss our boys!
— Brandi Holtby (@bbholtby) November 18, 2020
Maple and Honey, the Holtby family’s turtles, got stuck at the Canadian-US border.
We haven’t quite hit our goal of 25k meals for @foodbankmetrodc. BUT, I wanted to official introduce all of you to Maple Holtby, or as we like to call him, Mr. Mape. 🐢💚 pic.twitter.com/3X2wt5biKt
— Brandi Holtby (@bbholtby) March 30, 2020
Big brother, Honey, is taking over the family business. 🥅 pic.twitter.com/T3AVs0EbJ7
— Brandi Holtby (@bbholtby) March 30, 2020
Oh… and so did Holtby.
“We didn’t know we needed an export permit,” Brandi explained on Twitter. “So now Braden is stuck at the border with two tortoises.”
No, we didn’t know we needed an export permit (we did do the import permit for the Canadian side) so now Braden is stuck at the border with two tortoises 🙈
— Brandi Holtby (@bbholtby) November 18, 2020
Brandi announced on Thursday that the US Fish and Wildlife Service was “aware of the situation” and “working on a solution to get Braden and the boys home.”
And on Friday afternoon, Braden, along with Honey and Maple, was able to enter the Great White North.
“Thank you for everyone’s concern,” Brandi said. “Now you may laugh at the image of Braden being stuck at the border with a tortoise under each arm.”
Welcome to Canada, Honey and Maple! 🇨🇦 Huge shout out to @USFWS for working so hard for us! Thank you for everyone’s concern.. NOW you may laugh at the image of Braden being stuck at the border with a tortoise under each arm. 🐢👨🏽🌾🐢
— Brandi Holtby (@bbholtby) November 20, 2020
Talk about getting some shell-ebrity treatment.