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NOVEMBER 13, 2008
The rebel forces in the Congo have controlled the gorilla sector of Virunga since 2007. Tags: virunga congo gorillas. I suppose I've come to this pretty late and gorilla people already knew that this trouble was brewing. Clearly, I haven't been following this as I should have been. So that leaves us with the UN and the EU.
Critter News
NOVEMBER 15, 2008
A Congolese minister says that "In 2007 alone, we recorded the slaughter of 15 mountain gorillas and more than 20,000 antelopes,".adding Tags: congo gorillas. The UN has got to wrap this up. adding that in the past decade the number of hippopotami had fallen from 30,000 to 1,000. 30,000 to 1,000?
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Critter News
JANUARY 27, 2009
Surprisingly, the mountain gorillas have prospered under the rule of the Congo rebels. In contrast, the 2007 murders of 10 gorillas occurred under the Congolese government's control. Tags: global warming virunga africa congo gorillas endangered species.
Critter News
APRIL 18, 2009
Four senior Wildlife Officers have been arrested and imprisoned after the state Congolese Wildlife Agency (ICCN) pressed charges for complicity in the destruction of the protected forests of Virunga National Park in the east of DR Congo. Tags: wildlife crime virunga congo gorillas endangered species.
Critter News
DECEMBER 15, 2008
Remember that Virunga National Park has been under Congolese rebel control since 2007 and the park rangers have only just been allowed back in. Tags: virunga gorilla congo. Two of the deaths were newborns killed by a silverback. The rest were adults that died from illness or age.
Critter News
NOVEMBER 22, 2008
Since September 2007, it has been occupied by rebels who had driven the rangers out. "It Tags: virunga africa gorilla congo endangered species. The Gorilla Sector of Virunga National Park is inhabited by 200 of the last remaining 700 critically endangered mountain gorillas in the world. Now it's time to assess the damage.
Critter News
NOVEMBER 28, 2008
They have been out of contact since September 2007. Tags: virunga africa congo gorillas. Now that the rangers have been allowed back into Virunga, they are going to conduct a census to determine what's happened to the mountain gorillas living there. He says: "We've not had reports of any gorilla killings.
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