Asian Forest Tortoise

Hope for near-extinct Bangladesh tortoises

Newly-hatched tortoises take their first steps at a Bangladesh conservation park, their feet barely visible under hard shells that carry the weight of the species on their backs.These tiny new-borns – 41 in all – belong to a species thought to have gone extinct in the country until seven years ago, when they were rediscovered by conservationists with the help of locals in the south-eastern Chittagong hills.Once abundant across dense tropical forests in Bangladesh, Myanmar, and Thailand, the p

1 December 2019
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