He's contributed a large percentage to the lineage that we are returning to Espanola, there's a feeling of happiness to have the possibility of returning that tortoise to his natural state.

Jorge Carrion

About 1,800 tortoises have been returned to Espanola and now with natural reproduction we have approximately 2,000 tortoises, this shows that they are able to grow, they are able to reproduce, they are able to develop.