The rarest animal in the world today is a giant tortoise, which lives in the Galapagos Islands.
There is only one Pinta Island tortoise (Geochelone elephantopus abingdoni). It is a male known by his keepers as Lonesome George. In 1971, National Park wardens hunting goats on Pinta Island came across a single male tortoise. He became known as Lonesome George. It was decided to bring the animal back to the Charles Darwin Research Station, where there was already a captive breeding program for the giant tortoises. Unfortunately, there has been no success when trying to breed Lonesome George, so when he dies the Pinta Tortoises will be extinct. Visitors can visit this magnificent reptile while at the Charles Darwin Research Station which is located on Santa Cruz Island.
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