Mass mortality of Madagascar radiated tortoise caused by road construction

Steven M. Goodman; Mark Pidgeon; Sheila O'Connor

doi:10.1017/S0030605300028416

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The Madagascar radiated tortoise, already beset by habitat destruction and human exploitation, suffered another blow when many individuals died as a result of a road improvement scheme in the heart of their range. When the authors of this paper reported the problem the Malagasy government authorities acted swiftly to modify the road to prevent tortoises being trapped there in the future.

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