George, Last Tortoise of his Kind, Dies (Global)

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/06/120625-lonesome-george-tortoise-last-extinct-galapagos-science-animals/

George, the last known tortoise of the Geochelone abingdoni subspecies, died on Sunday, June 24th, 2012. His nickname "Lonesome George" came from his aversion to female tortoises. He was living at the Charles Darwin Research Station on Santa Cruz Island, part of Galápagos National Park. George is being kept in a decomposition chamber so they can determine his cause of death. He was only 100 years old compared to others of his kind who have lived up to 150.  San Diego Zoo ambassador Rick Schwartz says he has optimism that this show humans how their actions have affected nature without immediately seeing results.