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Matt Godden

Went to the local water supply reservoir a couple of days ago, and did a bit of #Photography. We've had a lot of rain lately; the water level was up by a couple of feet, and the spillway was overflowing. There's one particular location which for some combination of factors, is always teeming with #Tortoises. They sit just under the surface, and watch you with just the tips of their noses poking out of the water. Lots of little triangles, like tiny shark fins.

An aquatic tortoise sitting just below the surface of the water, its back half lost in the gloom of the tannin-stained water.
A photo of a reservoir in the late afternoon. The view points down towards the water, the tree-lined horizon is near the top of frame. Waterbirds can be seen amongst the lillypads in the midground. In the foreground, many small triangles can be seen poking out of the water, the snouts of tortoises watching us from under the water.
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… Sanctuary staff, local volunteers and even police officers joined together in a rescue operation, wading through the floodwaters with large baskets to collect the bewildered tortoises. Some rescuers converted damaged building structures into makeshift rafts for the tortoises to ride on as they moved around to find others. They believe they managed to save more than 10,000 #tortoises

Photograph: AP

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Six volunteers stand in chest-high muddied water holding rescued tortoises.
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An endangered tortoise clings to a floating branch in a flood in southern Madagascar. During Cyclone Dikeledi, thousands of critically endangered tortoises were swept away from the Lavavolo Tortoise Center, where they had been confiscated from illegal wildlife traffickers, and were left swimming for their lives …

Photograph: AP

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Mongabay

Environmental defenders in Madagascar have faced a spate of threats and attacks in recent years, overshadowing their work to protect biodiversity and human rights.

Against this backdrop, tortoise conservationist Hery Razafimamonjiraibe spoke with Mongabay about how his team manages threats working in often isolated conditions in the south of the country.

By Carolyn Cowan
news.mongabay.com/2025/01/you-

Mongabay Environmental News · ‘You have to be passionate’: Interview with Turtle Survival Alliance’s Hery RazafimamonjiraibeMadagascar is home to weird and wonderful creatures that occur nowhere else on the planet. In many parts of the island, this biodiversity is under pressure due to wildlife trafficking, industrial-scale fishing and the destruction of forests. Yet it is fast becoming one of the world’s most dangerous places for those who work to protect […]
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