Endangered African tortoises make trek home from Monaco

Noflaye, Senegal (AFP) Dec 14, 2022

After a gruelling trip by air and road, several dozen endangered African tortoises groggily poked their heads out of their shells to take a look at their ancestral homeland.

Forty-six tortoises born and raised in captivity in Monaco have been brought to Senegal as a first step to returning to the wild.

They are African spurred tortoises – a species that inhabits the southern rim of the
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