Galápagos National Park – Hybrid Giant Tortoise Recovery Campaign

Galápagos National Park – Hybrid Giant Tortoise Recovery Campaign

The Hybrid Giant Tortoise Recovery Campaign in the Galápagos National Park marks a major milestone in species restoration and evolutionary conservation. Recently, 158 hybrid giant tortoises were reintroduced on Santa Fe Island under the Giant Tortoise Restoration Initiative.

Salient Features:

• Hybrid tortoises possess 50–90% DNA of extinct species such as those from Pinta and Floreana islands.
• They act as keystone s