Land
iguanas wiped out by feral pigs have been reintroduced to Santiago Island
Agence
France-Presse
Tue 8 Jan
2019 00.58 GMTLast modified on Tue 8 Jan 2019 01.26 GMT
A group
of more than 1,400 iguanas have been reintroduced to an island in the Galápagos
archipelago nearly two centuries after they disappeared from there, authorities
said on Monday.
The
Galápagos land iguanas from North Seymour Island were freed onto Santiago
Island as part of an ecological restoration program, the National Galapagos
park authority said in a statement.
The last
recorded sighting of iguanas in Santiago Island was made by British naturalist
Charles Darwin in 1835.
“Almost two centuries later, this ecosystem
will once again count on this species through the restoration initiative,” said
the park authority.
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