Happy Earth Day: Dozens of tiny endangered tortoises find fresh starts in the Mojave

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The years-long conservation project was a collaboration between the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance and The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens.

San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance and The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens partnered on a conservation project focused on the critically endangered Mojave desert tortoise

Some seventy tortoises just successfully emerged from their new burrows near Edwards Air Force Base earlier in April 2024 The hatchlings were reared, in part, at The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens in Palm Desert before being introduced to a native habitatfill all people with all of the furry feelings — we'll just make that assumption, though"awww"-sumption may be more apt — and encountering a sweet snapshot of a bitty kitty, a bear cub, or gangly-legged giraffe prompts every heart to beat just a little faster.

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