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Marines to 1,100 Endangered Desert Tortoises: Move Out
http://news.yahoo.com/marines-1-100-endangered-desert-tortoises-move-201202448.htmlThe U.S. Marine Corps has announced a plan to fly more than 1,100 endangered desert tortoises away from their habitat in California to make way for a new training ground, but conservationists aren’t happy about it.
The move, they say, could result in hundreds of tortoise deaths.
The plan is to translocate the animals from the Johnson Valley Shared Use Area—which is about to become a part-time military training ground—to nearby terrain where they won’t be crushed by military equipment.
Ileene Anderson, senior scientist with the Center for Biological Diversity, worries the move could put this batch of animals at higher risk of death from predators, disease, and other environmental obstacles.
The move, they say, could result in hundreds of tortoise deaths.
The plan is to translocate the animals from the Johnson Valley Shared Use Area—which is about to become a part-time military training ground—to nearby terrain where they won’t be crushed by military equipment.
Ileene Anderson, senior scientist with the Center for Biological Diversity, worries the move could put this batch of animals at higher risk of death from predators, disease, and other environmental obstacles.
