Turtle breeder sees zoos' greater role to protect wild animals

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Photo taken July 9, 2013, at Nogeyama Zoo in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, shows an angonoka tortoise, a critically endangered species endemic to Madagascar, which zookeeper Daisuke Kiryu is trying to breed at the zoo.

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