Radiated Tortoise (IMAGE)

Wildlife Conservation Society

Radiated Tortoise

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A team of biologists from the Wildlife Conservation Society and the Turtle Survival Alliance have reported that Madagascar's radiated tortoise -- of the world's most beautiful tortoise species -- is being hunted to extinction.

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Julie Larsen Maher/Wildlife Conservation Society

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