ORYX VOL 25 NO 3 JULY 1991


Villas, villagers and tortoises in Greece - a sequel


Adrian Hailey and Vassilis Goutner


Despite protection of the species under the Berne Convention, and of the site by planning restrictions, Hermann's tortoises have again been killed at Alyki, 10 years after the original catastrophe. The authors describe the situation leading up to the recent habitat destruction, and its effect. There is a final opportunity to save the tortoise population before it is destroyed by holiday developments.


Adrian Hailey, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, PO Box MP167, Mount Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe.
Vassilis Goutner, Department of Zoology, University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki TK 540 06, Greece.