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| Breeding programme of the Charles Darwin Station |
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| Young tortoises of the breeding programme |
In order to preserve the populations of all eleven tortoise species living on the archipelago, since 1965 the Charles Darwin Station on Santa Cruz has been breeding offspring.
The small reptiles have to be protected with a fine wire grille from rats. |
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