Article: Now that's what I call a tortoise; John Bantin discovers the gentle giants that time forgot on an Indian Ocean island.

Article: Zanzibar MPs urge protection of giant tortoises
Xinhua News Agency;  July 1, 2006 ;     368 words ... ... urge protection of giant tortoises DAR ES SALAAM, July ... up protection of the Indian Ocean archipelago's tourist attraction -- giant tortoises. The Zanzibar House ... The number of these giant tortoises is also decreasing ...

Article: Giant tortoises stolen from Zanzibar island: report
Xinhua News Agency;  June 29, 2005 ;     388 words ...Giant tortoises stolen from Zanzibar island: report ... Xinhua) -- More than 80 precious giant tortoises have been stolen from Zanzibar ... minister did not give numbers about the giant tortoises that still remain on the Changuu ...

Article: LET'S ALL DO THE HOP; Giant tortoises, Creole curry ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  August 19, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... some the granite summits of submerged mountains, others remote coral atolls - strewn across 450 square kilometres of the Indian Ocean. The joy of hopping is the instant transformation of scene and atmosphere and the constant state of expectation as the next ...

Article: LET US FISH OR THE GIANT TORTOISES GET IT
Evening Standard - London;  December 27, 2000 ;     450 words ... ... s houses on the World Heritage Site, taking the famous giant tortoises hostage and threatening them with summary extinction after ... Isabela in fear for their lives. They also took hostage the giant tortoises at the island's captive breeding centre, threatening ...

Article: A giant step for tortoises.(student finds way to encourage ...
Geographical;  June 1, 2000 ;     566 words ...Giant tortoises may breed again on St Anne's island in the Seychelles, thanks to the work of a British student ... he explained. "I first went there when I was five and that's when I fell in love with giant tortoises."

Article: Giant tortoises, top artists collide for wildlife ...
Decatur Daily (Decatur, AL);  October 15, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Mama's Education Turtle and Tortoise Haven Rescue also returns giving parents a chance to photograph their children atop giant tortoises. Debbie Marsh, founder of the rescue, plans to bring a variety of backdrops to enhance the photographs, including a ...

Article: "GIANT TORTOISES' ON TAP AT AUDUBON SOCIETY ...
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  November 9, 2001 ;     260 words ... ... an assistant professor at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, presents "Giant Tortoises" at the monthly meeting of the Onondaga Audubon Society, 7 p.m. Wednesday at DeWitt Community Church, across from ...