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Lock Up Your Tortoise

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Lonesome George

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Abstract

‘iMuerte al Solitario Jorge!’ — ‘Death to Lonesome George!’ chanted the pepineros. In January 1995, when the sea cucumber fishermen took over the offices of the Charles Darwin Research Station (CDRS), they threatened to butcher its animals. The emblematic Lonesome George was the target of their most violent threats. He had unwittingly become a pawn in an ongoing tussle between conservationists and fishermen.

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  1. Henry Nicholls
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Nicholls, H. (2010). Lock Up Your Tortoise. In: Lonesome George. Macmillan Science. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-09745-3_6

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-09745-3_6

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