It was with a sense of great foreboding that Bronx Zoo herpetology curator John Behler complied with a mandate to return 33 young endangered ploughshare tortoises to the island of Madagascar in 1998.

An curved arrow pointing right. Hundreds of endangered Indian Star and plowshare tortoises were found in suitcases at Kuala Lumpur Airport in Malaysia. The tortoises are popular as exotic pets and ...