A community in southern Madagascar has pulled together to save thousands of critically endangered tortoises swept away from their sanctuary and left swimming for their lives in floods this month caused by a tropical cyclone. (AP video shot by Carela Rasolondraibe)

Thousands of endangered tortoises are rescued in Madagascar after their sanctuary is flooded

A community in southern Madagascar has pulled together to save thousands of critically endangered tortoises swept away from their sanctuary and left swimming for their lives in floods this month caused by a tropical cyclone. (AP video shot by Carela Rasolondraibe)