For those unaware (most) the BLM claims that there is a disease spread by contact with the DTs. I once made a ranger blow a gasket asking him who these turtle touchers that searched endlessly running from one RARE (right) tortoise to another touching them inappropriately and giving them turtle herpes.
He was not amused. I laughed a lot. Many of us off roaders did.
THAT is why this favility exists. No joke.
Tortoises commonly carry salmonella, so it’s possible to transfer the disease from an infected animal to one that isn’t.