The famous star of the Galapagos, "Lonesome Jorge" leaves a legacy of hope
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The famous star of the Galapagos, "Lonesome Jorge" leaves a legacy of hope<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />(Quito, June 26. EFE). - The death of "Lonesome Jorge", the last of giant tortoise of the species Chelonoidis abingdoni and in the last 40 years was the icon of the Galapagos Islands of Ecuador, has stopped inheritance in the hope that it is possible to preserve the planet.<br /><br />That's one of the conclusions they reach two characters intimately linked to sea turtle's survival, the rangers Fausto Llerena, who cared for him since 1983, Stuart Banks, director of the Research Station "Charles Darwin", based in the archipelago .<br /><br />" It's a big loss for staff, for the Galapagos National Park (GNP) for the province of Galapagos and the whole world, "he said Efe Llerena, a reserve guard island 71 years of age is considered" the father "of" Jorge "or" George ".<br /><br />Last Sunday, when he went to see him, Llerena noted that the tortoise, over a hundred years, it was to receive as always and came to his call. He found him dead in his yard site of the Center for Reproduction and Breeding of Turtles , on Santa Cruz.<br /><br />In a world where man and his progress has conquered almost all areas, meet the extinction of a natural kind is regrettable, but is almost a tragedy "see with own eyes" , told Efe Llerena, who mourns and allowed to slide tears at the memory of your turtle<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />How to cope with the conversation, remember that in Reproduction Center there are seventy adult turtles and over a thousand small, born in captivity and with the best care, but none of them as "Jorge", whose body will be embalmed for presentation at a museum Santa Cruz Island.<br /><br />"I took care of (daily), fed him, was cleaning" of your space and some Saturdays or Sundays " visited him to check on him ... Now no one we get in the door " of the pen, Llerena said that although I knew this moment would come, never prepared for it<br /><br />"I recognized perfectly, when you followed me and stood up, he also raised the neck and opened his mouth, as I wanted to say something but I did not understand," he continued.<br /><br /><br />For Stuart Banks, Station "Charles Darwin", the death of "Lonesome George" is most acute for those who were closest to him , although a loss mourned worldwide, especially in the scientific world, it seen as an emblem.<br /><br />"Jorge was very symbolic, but there are plenty of other species that are threatened," said Banks, who says that "it is important to have these icons" to continue the work.<br /><br />And is that the turtle has attracted scientists to the Galapagos Islands, located about a thousand miles west of the mainland coasts of Ecuador and is a Natural Heritage of Humanity.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thus, Banks says that a "positive" in the death of "Jorge", " Are all the programs that have been carried out to protect and repopulate "turtle in the different islands.<br /><br />He also recalled that the scientific community struggled to prevent the extinction of "Jorge", who even had a harem at his disposal, with females of the subspecies is very similar to yours.<br /><br />Finally, the eggs of these females did not germinate, but the process did achieve progress achieved to help other species.<br /><br />Even in 2003, talked about the possibility that "Jorge" was cloned , when the British scientist Ian Wilmut, known as "the father of Dolly", visited Ecuador.<br /><br />So far this is still a debate in the world of science that has less to do with both medical technology but with ethics.<br /><br /><br /><br />That's why Banks's death to "Jorge" one clear message: " There is hope, you can take necessary actions (...) to protect the planet. That it is possible ", as demonstrated by the restocking of giant tortoises and other species in the Galapagos.<br /><br />"We all have to do something to protect the planet" and that "Jorge is the message," added the director of the Research Station "Charles Darwin".<br /><br />La famosa estrella de las Galápagos, “el solitario Jorge”, deja una herencia de esperanza<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />
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"For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."
"For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."