Over 10,000 endangered tortoises are rescued in Madagascar

JOHANNESBURG (AP) " International conservationists in Madagascar have been treating more than 10,000 critically endangered radiated tortoises that were seized from traffickers who had crammed them into a home with no access to food or water.The Turtle Survival Alliance and other groups are caring for the tortoises at a wildlife facility in the Ifaty region of the Indian Ocean nation, though hundreds have died from illness and dehydration.The alliance says the radiated tortoises [...]


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