Saving Senegal’s sulcata tortoises
Tomas Diagne’s Tortoise Village at Noflaye, Senegal, attracts tourists and volunteers from around the world keen to learn more about Senegal’s seven species of tortoise, including the biggest land tortoise in Africa, Geochelone sulcata.
"The reintroduction of sulcata into the wild is our ultimate aim. All our work here is orientated towards that goal.”
This famous animal, which can live for 150 years, was becoming more and more rare until Diagne, a major figure in African nature conservation, decided to save it.
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Africa’s tortoise saviour
Not one to rest on his laurels, Tomas Diagne is following the success of his tortoise sanctuary by leading a whole range of other projects
Tortoises across Africa
Naturalist Tomas Diagne is hoping to save tortoise populations across Africa
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Monsieur Tomas Diagne
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Expert de la Commission pour Survie des Espèces de l' UICN
Représentant de la TSA(Turtle Survival Alliance) en Afrique
Boîte Postale 657
25022 Rufisque
SénégalTel: (00221) 77 642 67 10
fondsdev@yahoo.fr
