Endangered Egyptian tortoises

(Agencies)
Updated: 2007-05-24 09:58



A Testudo Kleinmanni hatchling, an endangered species also known as an Egyptian tortoise, is seen on a weighing balance at Rome's Biopark zoo May 22, 2007. The offspring is the hatchling of several Egyptian tortoises that were rescued from a smuggler's suitcase in 2005 at Naples airport, southern Italy, by Italy's forestry police and is entrusted to Rome's main zoo.[Reuters]

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