On July 22 2011, DEC and the Perth Zoo released 30 captive-bred young tortoises between 2 and 7 years of age at Moore River National Park, site of last year’s release. Around half had radio-tracking devices attached to the shell. This year's event was not open to members of the public.
Last year most of the tortoises were subsequently taken back to the zoo, due to low water levels and these animals were re-released at the site this time.

On August 6 2011, 33 more young tortoises were released at Twin Swamps Nature Reserve and 12 of these had radio-tracking devices. The WA Environment Minister Bill Marmion attended, along with a good crowd of Friends, DEC and Zoo staff and the event was covered by The Sunday Times and local paper The Echo. See the photo gallery for images of this release.