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Tortoise Deaths

Eight giant tortoises have died of a mystery disease on Santa Cruz Island in the Galapagos

Eight giant tortoises have died of a mystery disease on Santa Cruz Island in the Galapagos. Howard Snell talks through where the illness may have come from.

Also on the programme: Replanting trees in Ivory Coast to reverse deforestation and how sonar sound pollution from the US navy is affecting marine mammals.

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14 minutes

麻豆社 World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project