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ORGANIZATIONS WITH EXPERTISE ON DESERT TORTOISES |
| Many people request additional information about desert tortoises or ask what they can do to help the tortoise. You can tell them about the organizations described below and, depending on their interests, direct them to one or more nonprofit corporations or groups that sponsor programs on education, husbandry, adoption, land acquisition, conservation, and science. In some cases, the organization may have a local branch or chapter. Your efforts to assist the public will have many long-term benefits for tortoises because people with knowledge are a very valuable asset in recovering a threatened species. |
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RANGEWIDE
ARIZONA
CALIFORNIA
NEVADA
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| Thousands of desert tortoises live in captivity in California and other
states, all legally permitted. Most captives were collected prior to the time that laws
were established to prevent collecting wild animals or are off-spring of captive tortoises.
Close-up photographs such as this one are best taken with a captive tortoise. If a
photographer wishes for a similar photographic opportunity in the desert, the wisest
course of action is to have a telephoto lens, to sit or lie motionless, and to wait for
the tortoise to approach. Some wild tortoises are curious and will come up to a motionless
visitor to sniff. Photo by Mark Massar. |
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