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Today we were looking for the island home of a giant tortoise named Lonesome George. The answer is La Pinta ? one of the Galapagos Islands. Lonesome George is thought to be the last of his kind of tortoise, but now there’s word he may soon be a father. Anchor Lisa Mullins gets the story from conservationist Linda Cayot.

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