Can you buy a galapagos turtle as a pet?

Question

Can you buy a galapagos turtle as a pet?

Answer 1

No.

you CAN get aldabras though, which are basically galapagos torts.

Answer 2

no endagered species

Answer 3

unfortunately you can't they are a protected species,  the only places that have them outside ethe Galapagos islands are those that are involved in breeding programs and any off spring are returned to the islands, it would be cool to have a tortoise that grand wandering around but they would take so much care