Madagascan locals pull together to save thousands of endangered tortoises

A community in southern Madagascar has pulled together to save thousands of critically endangered tortoises.

The reptiles were swept away from their sanctuary and left swimming for their lives in floods caused by tropical cyclone Dikeledi earlier this month.

The 12,000 radiated and spider tortoises, housed at the Lavavolo Tortoise Centre, had been confiscated from illegal wildlife traffickers.

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