Transporting Giant tortoises
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Transporting Giant tortoises
In 1897 Walter Rothschild despatched explorer Charles Harris to the Galapagos islands to collect a large number of giant tortoises, aiming in part to protect them from potential extinction from hunting. Eventually 144 giant tortoises from Galapagos and Aldabra in the Seychelles ended up at Rothschild home grounds of Tring Park. The method of transporting the tortoises across the islands to the boats is shown here. Date: 1897
Media ID 14239580
© Mary Evans / Natural History Museum
1897 Archive Captive Chelonoidis Collecting Cryptodira Galapagos Galapagos Archipelago Galapagos Islands Giant Tortoise Harris Hauling Lionel Rothschild Lionel Walter Rothschild Lord Lionel Walter Rothschild Pole Reptile Reptilia Rothschild Sauropsid Sauropsida Staff Testudines Testudinid Testudinidae Tied Tortoise Transporting Tring Turtle Walter Rothschild Worker
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