A community in southern Madagascar has pulled together to save thousands of critically endangered tortoises that were swept ...

Sanctuary staff, locals and police officers joined together in the rescue effort, building makeshift rafts for the tortoises ...

A community in southern Madagascar has rallied to save thousands of critically endangered tortoises from floods caused by ...

A community in southern Madagascar has pulled together to save thousands of critically endangered tortoises that were swept ...

A community in southern Madagascar has pulled together to save thousands of critically endangered tortoises swept away from ...

Flood waters engulfed the sanctuary, and the tortoises — many of them mere whippersnappers in the tortoise world at about ...

A community in southern Madagascar has pulled together to save thousands of critically endangered tortoises swept away from ...

But earlier this month, Cyclone Dikeledi hit the southern part of the Indian Ocean, causing flooding a metre high to engulf the sanctuary, carrying the tortoises away. Image: The endangered ...

This undated handout photo provided by the Turtle Survival Alliance shows staff members and volunteers rescuing some of the thousands of endangered tortoises that were washed away from the ...

The United Nations Children's Fund says at least 242 million children in 85 countries had their schooling interrupted last ...