Española Captive Breeding Program
1965 CE • Galápagos Islands
“The Española race was depleted until only two males and 13 females remained. In 1965, the survivors were taken to the Charles Darwin Research Station for captive breeding and 79 young tortoises were subsequently released back on Española, with a further 68 following later.”
Noel Simon, Nature in Danger: Threatened Habitats and Species (New York: Oxford UP, 1995).
Image: Kathy. Espanola Tortoises - Darwin Ctr. Digital image. 20 Jan. 2013. Web.
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