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. Two of the deaths were newborns killed by a silverback. Tags: virunga gorilla congo. The rest were adults that died from illness or age.

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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.

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Critter News

NOVEMBER 28, 2008

They have been out of contact since September 2007. He says: "We've not had reports of any gorilla killings. 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.

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