Ecuador Galapagos Tortoises Released

Jun 16, 2020

In this photo released by Galapagos National Park, park worker Johannes Ramirez releases a giant tortoise he carried on his back to its original habitat on Isla Espanola, Galapagos National Park, Ecuador, Monday, June 15, 2020. The release, along with iwth other tortoises, marks the end of a captive breeding program aimed at saving the species from extinction, in which adult tortoises were taken to a park breeding center, and then returned here to their original habitat. (Galapagos National Park via AP)

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