Last week this tortoise was in my driveway, trying to get into the back yard. That would not be a good place to go with a pair of dachshunds. He (or she) was decent size. and filled up the bottom of the 5 gallon bucket. At best he could maybe be able to hide from them, but there is nothing to eat back there but my wife's flower garden, and that was not an option. I loaded him up in the bucket, and took him a mile south to a large wooded area, next to a creek where there should be things to eat and maybe a mate.
From my driveway, if the fence kept him out of the yard, his only choice back into the street. I have no idea how he got to my driveway. It did not matter. I took him to a location where his odds of survival are much higher.