Aw, now George has gone

[Tilly2]

The last remaining Giant Tortoise has died. How sad.

http://uk.news.yahoo....george-222255250.html

I don't know if the link will work.

[tenrec]

Another species gone for ever. Very sad.

[Old_Geezer]

I thought you must be referring to Mr Galloway !

Er... yes, maybe they should clone his DNA to retain the species, or maybe they don't think it worth the bother.

[Tilly2]

How did we let this happen? Could he not have been cloned like Dolly the sheep?

[rowanwitch]

There are still giant tortoises but george was the last of a sub species. It is likely cells have been harvested in the hope of future cloning once it is possible