A community in southern Madagascar has pulled together to save thousands of critically endangered tortoises swept away from their sanctuary by floods after a tropical cyclone. The 12,000 radiated and spider tortoises that were housed at the Lavavolo Tortoise Centre had been confiscated from illegal wildlife traffickers but faced a new and unexpected ordeal when Cyclone Dikeledi hit the southern part of the Indian Ocean island in mid-January.

Flood waters engulfed the sanctuary, and the tortoises — many of them mere whippersnappers in the tortoise world at about 25-50 years old — were carried away.

A community in southern Madagascar has pulled together to save thousands of critically endangered tortoises that were swept away from their sanctuary and left swimming for their lives in floods this m

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Lavavolo Tortoise Center staff, members of the community and police officers joined together in a rescue operation, wading through the water with large containers to collect the bewildered tortoises

Thousands of critically endangered tortoises in Madagascar have been rescued after they were swept away from their sanctuary and left swimming for their lives in floods. The 12,000 radiated and spider tortoises were housed at the Lavavolo Tortoise Centre after being rescued from wildlife traffickers.

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CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A community in southern Madagascar has pulled together ... Cyclone Dikeledi hit the southern part of the Indian Ocean island in mid-January. Flood waters a meter ...

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A community in southern Madagascar has pulled together to save thousands of critically endangered tortoises swept away from their sanctuary and left swimming for their lives in floods this month caused by a tropical cyclone.

After being devastated by Cyclone Dikeledo, a Southern Madagascar community rallied together to save a species on the brink of extinction.