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"He'd literally walk up to people like, 'I'm Al, ' " says Tasha Behnke, 41, of Danielsville, Pa.
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Maybe the rarest gift of all: As many clients attest, Behnke seems to be refreshingly free of ego.
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Yet both Ms. Zanelli and Ms. Behnke say they reluctantly gave up their tortoises for adoption last year.
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Rob Behnke, Fair Indigo's co-founder and president, says some shoppers are calling in and citing the latest fatalities in Bangladesh.
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Despite a college degree that included art history, Behnke first pursued a career in modern dance and put in time working on films.
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Behnke says that the company's catalog and website that features some of the garment workers in countries including Peru are resonating with shoppers.
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"He'd try to get out, flail and be on his back, " says Ms. Behnke, who had to upright him because sulcatas often can't do so themselves.
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For Ms. Behnke, a social worker, it was in part because Al kept trying to bust out of an indoor wire enclosure he was forced to stay in during the winter months when coldblooded sulcatas adapted for a sunny, warm climate can't be left outdoors.
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