How many galapagos tortoises are left in 2011?

There are approximately 19,000 Galápagos tortoises (Chelonoidis nigra) alive, up from about 3,000 in 1970. This recovery in the numbers of the species is the result of intense conservation effort, including captive breeding. Of fifteen distinct sub-species that existed when explorers came to the Galápagos Islands, ten survive. The most recent sub-species to become extinct was the Pinta tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra abigdoni), of which the last specimen, nicknamed "Lonesome George", died in June 2012.