Aldabra

/ ælˈdæbrə /

noun

1. an island group in the Indian Ocean: part of the British Indian Ocean Territory (1965–76); now administratively part of the Seychelles

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Last week, two campaign groups, Friends of Aldabra and Seychelles at Heart, lodged an injunction against the government at the country's Constitutional Court to halt the project, pending a fuller, verifiably independent environmental impact study and guarantees that international observers will ensure nature is protected.

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One of the most pristine and fragile ecosystems in the world, Aldabra is home to 400 species found nowhere else on the planet.

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In the walled garden by the hotel’s bungalows, two Aldabra giant tortoises, Abra and Cadabra, creep between sun and shade.

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Police said one charge states: "Between 29 December 2023 and 2 January 2024 at Exeter in the county of Devon threw down, dropped or otherwise deposited litter, namely ten deceased Aldabra tortoises and left it in East Devon."

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The force said the second charge states: "Between 23 and 29 December 2023 at Exeter in the county of Devon did not take such steps as were reasonable in all the circumstances to ensure that the needs of an animal for which you were responsible, namely 10 Aldabra tortoises, were met to the extent required by good practice in that due to not checking on the daily welfare and heating system relating to their care which failed and led to the animals' death."

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