They also suffered when goats were introduced to the area.īut a recovery program run by the park and the Charles Darwin Foundation has increased the overall population from 3,000 in 1974 to 20,000 today. donfaustoi was classified as part of another subspecies, Chelonoidis porteri.
This prompted researchers at the Darwin Station to offer a 10,000 reward for a suitable mate. Chelonoidis niger donfaustoi, known as the eastern Santa Cruz tortoise, is a subspecies of Galápagos tortoise living on Santa Cruz Island, within the Galápagos. October 2008 Over the decades, all attempts at mating Lonesome George had been unsuccessful. Yacht La Pinta is the newest yacht, accommodating 48 guests, with ample social areas. Tortoises were numerous on the islands until the late 19th century when humans arrived and hunted them for their meat. The Pinta Island tortoise was pronounced functionally extinct, as George was in captivity. La Pinta, is an ideal cruise to discover the Galapagos Islands. Then two females from Spanish island's tortoise population, the species most closely related to Pinta tortoises, were placed with him last year. Two female tortoises from Wolf Volcano lived with him but the eggs produced were infertile.
Various mates were provided for him after the discovery but attempts to keep his sub-species alive failed. The Pinta Island species of tortoise had been declared extinct but in December 1971, a scientist studying snails spotted a lone tortoise on the island.Ī search was launched and the following year, National Park wardens located the male who went on to be named Lonesome George. He was the last surviving land tortoise from Pinta Island, one of the northern islands in the Galápagos.
Scientists had been trying unsuccessfully to get George to mate since 1993.
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