Shell Game by Glenn Greenberg

Magazine: Time for Kids
Edition: 3-4, Vol. 6, No. 21
Date: April 15, 2016
Article: Shell Game
Author:  Glenn Greenberg
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1. The Ploughshare is the name of one of the world's most endangered tortoise.
2. Less than 300 ploughshare tortoises exist in the wild.
3. The tortoise lives in Madagascar.
4. Richard Lewis is the director of Madagascar operations for the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust.
5. Answers will vary
6. People want to own the ploughshare tortoise.
7. China has an appetite to own these tortoises.
8. The buyers of these tortoises are compared to collectors of coins and stamps.
9. Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust is carving numbers into each tortoise to make them less attractive to poachers and buyers.
10. No, the drilling does not hurt the tortoise.
11. yes, the Madagascar Government approved the drilling.
12. Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust is working to increase the number of tortoises by breading them.
13. Answers will vary
14. Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust started their breeding program in 1986.

Reference
www.durrell.org/wildlife
http://www.arkive.org/ploughshare-tortoise/astrochelys-yniphora/
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