Pinta Giant Tortoise

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Surviving Relative of Lonesome George The Pinta Giant Tortoise Discovered

Lonesome George who died in 2012 and was previously thought to be the last world’s last Pinta Galapagos Giant Tortoise but a new discovery could mean there are more out there. Lonesome George was considered to be the ‘endling’ of his species, the last Pinta Giant Galapagos Tortoise to exist. After his death in 2012, […]

Written by on February 7, 2020

The Late Lonesome George Returns Home

Lonesome George, the last Pinta Giant Tortoise died in 2012, but has been preserved and returned to the Galápagos as a sign of hope for the future of Giant Tortoises. The widely reported 2012 death of Lonesome George, the last remaining Pinta Giant Tortoise in existence, was a sad loss for conservation biologists. Lonesome George […]

Written by on March 10, 2017