[CPEO-MEF] BIOTA: Ft. irwin (CA) desert tortoises

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Army's transfer of Mojave Desert tortoises tripped up by coyotes


By JENNIFER BOWLES
Riverside Press-Enterprise (CA)
April 16, 2008

Coyotes have killed at least 11 desert tortoises recently moved to make 
way for Army tank training exercises north of Barstow.

The problem coyotes, thought to be attacking tortoises because the 
drought has left fewer rabbits in its wake, will be tracked and possibly 
killed by a federal agency to help protect the tortoises -- a species 
threatened with extinction

All together, 23 tortoises have been killed since the large-scale 
relocation of more than 700 reptiles began in March south of the 
National Training Center at Fort Irwin, said John Wagstaffe, an Army 
spokesman.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.pe.com/localnews/environment/stories/PE_News_Local_D_tortoises17.3b47e13.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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