Italia nel mondo - Inglese

Happy ending for rare tortoises seized from a smuggler’s bag

[Times - World]

ROME Several rare Egyptian tortoise eggs, whose parents were found in a smuggler’s suitcase two years ago, have been hatched successfully. The first was hatched in April, six more followed this month, and there are several more waiting to hatch, said Stefano Micarelli, the head reptile keeper at the Biopark zoo in the Italian capital. “These animals are so rare that we are trying to breed them so we can have a stock of these animals in captivity,” he said.