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News - Pinta Island

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2011-01-21 10:05:00

The Galapagos National Park reported on Thursday that they are providing two new female partners for “Lonely George”, who is believed to be the last living member of the Geochelone abigdoni species.

2008-12-05 22:08:34

Park rangers at Ecuador's Galapagos National Park said a tortoise believed to be the last of its subspecies has failed in two attempts at fathering children. The rangers said the 90-year-old tortoise named Lonesome George -- the last known member of the Pinta Island tortoise subspecies -- has shown little interest in mating since it was found in 1971, The Daily Telegraph reported Friday. Lonesome George, who has become a regional icon for conservation, did mate with two female tortoises of another subspecies in June and both of the females later laid eggs.

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2008-11-11 15:15:00

A 90-year-old Galapagos island tortoise seemed to defy the intellect of modern conservationists when he mated for the first time in decades, but it appears that he still may not become a father.

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2008-07-22 13:10:00

A notorious Galapagos tortoise given the nickname “Lonesome George”, because of his decades-long refusal to procreate, shocked his keepers on Monday by mating with one of his two female companions.

2008-01-30 09:00:00

Ecuadorean authorities found this month more than 50 Galapagos Islands sea lions were slaughtered with their skulls cracked at La Pinta island, local media report said Tuesday.

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