The Thane forest department plans to repatriate Indian star tortoises that were seized and recovered recently.

The department's territorial wing has around 100 such reptiles, which are being cared for at the Shilphata Transit Treatment Centre, Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) and Bhavan's treatment centre as well as by the NGOs Wildlife Welfare Association (WWA), Resqink Association for Wildlife Welfare (RAWW) and PAWS Mumbai.