CORRECTION — The item about the death of Lonesome George in the Galápagos islands incorrectly stated that he died on Pinta (Aug. ’12, pg. 15).
George was the last of the Pinta Island subspecies of giant land tortoise; however, he was removed from Pinta in 1972. He died on Santa Cruz Island at the Charles Darwin Research Center.
I was on Santa Cruz and had planned to walk to the center to see him on June 25, but he died the day before. I did get to see his two girlfriends.
JANET LANDFRIED
Redlands, CA
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