Conservationists to Engrave Every Critically Endangered Ploughshare Tortoise

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With only around 500 of the critters left, plodding around the dry forests of northern Madagascar, the ploughshare tortoise is highly desired by poachers and collectors alike. Unfortunately, this has led the team over at the Durrell Wildlife Trust to take drastic action. Against all of their will, they’ve finally decided that the only thing left to do is to deface each and every wild tortoise.