Signs of Hope: Good News in History, January 11 | An Encouraging Development

Signs of Hope: Good News in History, January 11 | An Encouraging Development

Why this story matters: This piece offers a constructive counterpoint to the constant stream of negative news. Quick summary: This story highlights recent developments related to this day in history, showing how constructive action can lead to meaningful results. 6 years ago today, Diego the Hood Island tortoise retired with honors to the Galapagos Islands, after decades of captivity at the San Diego Zoo where his libido was credited with saving his species. Like many animals of the Galapagos Archipelago, the giant tortoises on each island are species unto themselves. To that end, his siring of 900 tortoises will no doubt be one of the primary reasons the Hood Island species of giant tortoise survives. READ a bit more… (2020) Diego in 2009 – credit: CC 2.0. Peter Wilton, via Wikimedia Diego was captured as a young adult and shipped to the United States. By the late 1940s, he was at the San Diego Zoo, though his species was not known. A captive breeding effort for the critically endangered…