U.S. wildlife officials have finalized an agreement with Ted Turner’s Endangered Species Fund regarding the release of more Bolson tortoises on the media mogul’s Armendaris Ranch in central New Mexico
While the average life span of North America’s largest and most rare tortoise species is unknown, biologists have said it could span upward of a century.
The wild population in Mexico is thought to consist of fewer than 2,500 tortoises, and experts say threats to the animals are mounting as they are hunted for food and collected as pets. Their habitat also is shrinking as more desert grasslands are converted to farmland. Absent a willingness by wildlife managers to think more broadly, he said, species like the Bolson tortoise could have a bleak future.
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Biologists look to expand suitable habitat for North America's largest and rarest tortoiseU.S. wildlife officials have finalized an agreement with Ted Turner’s Endangered Species Fund regarding the release of more Bolson tortoises on the media mogul’s Armendaris Ranch in central New Mexico.
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