REFILE - ADDING RESTRICTIONS Rescued endangered radiated tortoise are seen feeding in Ifaty, Madagascar April 27, 2018. Picture taken April 27, 2018. Susie Bartlett/The Wildlife Conservation Society/Handout via Reuters
ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) - Nearly 11,000 endangered tortoises, found dehydrated and hungry in a house in Madagascar, are being coaxed back to health by a team of U.S. veterinarians.
The radiated tortoises - prized by dealers for their beautiful shells - were so dry that some of them had to be soaked in water for weeks, said Susie Bartlett, from the Wildlife Conservation Society, based in New York's Bronx Zoo.
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