Posted by Kaitlyn on May 2, 2012 · Leave a Comment
This past January, a devastating veld (Dutch word for “field”) fire destroyed much of the last remaining Geometric Tortoise habitat on the Elandsberg Private Nature Reserve, which held the largest population of Geometric Tortoises.
Filed under In the Field, Travel, Turtle Conservancy · Tagged with cape nature, elandsberg private nature reserve, ernst baard, geometric tortoise, margaretha hofmeyr, mike greggor, psammobates geometricus, south africa, tc, turtle conservancy, university of the western cape
