Quick! He’s Making A Break For It!

Horace, the family pet has finally been captured. After a daring breakout from the garden he was being kept in, the crafty animal managed to stay at large for eight months. The family had long since given up on ever seeing Horace again. With his blazing speed, there was no way of telling how far he'd gone.

In eight, long months he traveled 1.8 miles, or as much as 39 feet per day. Horace is a Herman's tortoise.

According to the BBC, Horace the Herman's tortoise was spotted in the middle of a road on the outskirts of Cardiff by animal welfare inspector Nic de Calis, who then scanned his microchip and duly returned him to his thrilled owners.

"They were so surprised to receive my call and are delighted that they will be reunited with their long-lost pet," Calis said.

The family said Horace had been put out into the garden and disappeared when they turned their backs for five minutes.

We're not real sure who's slower here. But we're very happy for Horace. It's a darned good thing he avoided meeting up with this fierce creature.