Short communicationMovement patterns of soft-released, translocated Egyptian tortoises
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Acknowledgements
We would like to thank the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency, Zaranik Protected Area, S. Osman, and the staff and the local community trackers of Zaranik Protected Area for logistical support and field assistance. We would like to thank Sherif Baha El Din for his constructive criticism on the manuscript. The Egyptian tortoise conservation and this research has been a by-product of recent funding at different stages from the Woodland Park Zoo, European Studbook Foundation, Dutch–Belgium
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