chalkandwater:Lonesome George (c. 1912 - June 24, 2012) was the last Pinta Island Tortoise in existe
chalkandwater:Lonesome George (c. 1912 - June 24, 2012) was the last Pinta Island Tortoise in existence. His subspecies was wiped out by invasive feral goats who devastated the native vegetation, leaving nothing for the tortoises to feed on. Found to be the only survivor of his kind, he was relocated from his native island in 1971 to the Charles Darwin Research Station on Santa Cruz Island where he stayed until he died of old age in 2012.From David Attenborough’s encounter with Lonesome George in Life in Cold Blood. -- source link