It’s my layman’s understanding that they are SOP; but I suspect that if there is no adequate crane available within budget or without waiting, potentially months, cautious adherence to procedure probably starts to slip down the priority list a bit.
Even if you think of clubbing tortoises as a hobby there’s no way that amount of equipment damage is a desired outcome; but nobody likes, or likes to be, the bearer of bad news which can gives rise to a dangerous level of willingness to make do and improvise.
