WSJ [free link]: “…Desert tortoises can live more than 80 years. An African spurred tortoise, like Snoop Dogg, can reach 150. Jonathan, a Seychelle giant tortoise, is estimated to be at least 190 years old, according to officials of St Helena, an island in the South Atlantic where he lives. There is a photo taken shortly after Jonathan’s arrival in 1882. Based on the size of his shell, he was estimated to have been at least 50 at the time. Guinness World Records says Jonathan is the world’s oldest-known living land animal. With such longevity in mind, the law firm of Grant Morris and Dodds offers clients guidance about tortoise-estate planning, among other legal matters. The number of people who leave money in their wills for pets has gone up for all species, according to a survey of pet owners by the American Pet Products Association, an industry group. Among owners of turtles and tortoises surveyed the number went from 11% to 18% between 2018 and 2022, though it is far smaller than the nearly half who have named a guardian.  “People are all the time planning for their assets,” said David Grant, a trust-and-estate lawyer at the Southwestern firm. “But so often they forget about the animals in their lives, and those animals can be very expensive to care for and live for a long time.”…