Diego_19 Guide

: Thanks to Diego and the breeding program, the wild population has grown to over 2,000 individuals .

: In 1977, he was returned to a breeding center on Santa Cruz Island. Over the next four decades, he fathered an estimated 800 to 900 offspring , single-handedly accounting for nearly 40% of the repopulation effort. diego_19

Diego is a centenarian tortoise of the species Chelonoidis hoodensis , native to Española Island. In the 1960s, his species was on the absolute brink of extinction with only in the wild. : Thanks to Diego and the breeding program,