Speed the 150-year-old tortoise dies in US

A GALAPAGOS tortoise known as Speed who has been living at San Diego Zoo since 1933 has been euthanised after years of decline.

A Galapagos tortoise known as Speed who has been living at San Diego Zoo since 1933 has died.

ONE of San Diego's oldest residents has died.

THE Los Angeles Times reports that the Galapagos tortoise known as Speed has been euthanised at an estimated age of more than 150 years.