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   day      extinct      goats      habitat      half      human      island      more      once      story      success      them      them      thousand      tortoises      uncomplicated      wild      worldwide      year      years  
Giant Galapagos tortoises were endangered. In the 1960s, there were just 15 of . They were dying out. Wild ate their food and damaged their . Conservationists acted to help . Now, there are over 1,000 of them living and breeding in the . It is a conservation story. A conservationist said that of the that were released have survived. He said the tortoises could now live without help.

There were 250,000 giant tortoises 500 years ago, but just a few in the 1970s. Hunters almost made them . Giant tortoises can weigh 250kg and live for 100 . One tortoise lived for more than 170 years. Wikipedia says: "Tortoises also live very lives, and can nap up to 16 hours a ." Next , a small Galapagos that lost all of its tortoises will get 200 . This could be another success .

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