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- Correction 20 September 2023
These animals are racing towards extinction. A new home might be their last chance
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Nature 621, 22-25 (2023)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-02732-0
Updates & Corrections
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Correction 20 September 2023: An earlier version of this News feature misstated the degree of damage to the tortoises’ habitat. Ninety per cent of the habitat was burnt, but not destroyed. Also, Nicki Mitchell sees trialling assisted colonization as a better alternative to watching wild, not captive, populations dwindle to extinction.
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