The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species assesses the health of all animal and plant populations on earth and gives them a conservation status that ranges from least concern to critically endangered.
Why are tortoises threatened?
• Their natural habitat is shrinking, as towns, cities and farms expand.
• Tortoises that cross the road are often run over and killed.
• Sometimes a tortoise ends up on a tar road with a high verge or pavement –
