Perth Zoo's C12 tortoise boosts conservation with 142 hatchlings

Perth Zoo's 85-year-old western swamp tortoise, known as 'C12', has sired 142 hatchlings, aiding in the conservation of the species declared extinct until the 1950s. The zoo's program has bred over 1300 tortoises, but urban development threatens their habitat on the Swan Coastal Plains. Conservationists work to establish new populations in more stable environments across Western Australia.

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