Turtle Conservancy News and Program Updates
Fantastic News! Forty red-footed tortoises (Chelonoidis carbonarius) will soon be in the process of being reintroduced to the El Impenetrable Park in Argentina. These unique and giant species of redfoots were last seen in the wild 20 years ago. The Turtle Conservancy is proud to be a supporting organization to the Rewilding Argentina team. A special thank you to our board members, Martin Dieck and Rick Ridgeway, for their support to make this possible.
This past month, we had the good fortune to be hosted by Tompkins Conservation at two of the national parks they have created. Doug and Kris Tompkins donated over 14 million acres of land to create national parks in Chile and Argentina, to combat climate change and help restore lost biodiversity in the region. One of their core missions is rewilding populations of species that were wiped out by humans through agriculture, development and hunting. Their team invited us to help them explore the rewilding of a popular tortoise species in a largely unstudied part of its range…
