Critter News
NOVEMBER 22, 2008
An operation across five Africa countries over weekend, targeting wildlife crime has led to arrest of almost 60 people and seizure of one ton of illegal elephant ivory, Interpol has reported. Tags: wildlife crime ivory wildlife trafficking africa elephants. Just five days ago.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 29, 2014
It’s six weeks to the day till I go to Africa, and of late conversations about the subject have taken a reliable and predictable detour. ” I’ll sometimes add “It’s in West Africa, I’ll be in South Africa. ” Ebola is in the news a lot at the moment.
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Critter News
AUGUST 25, 2008
Tags: iccn chimpanzees wildlife trafficking africa congo.
Critter News
JULY 24, 2009
The Last Great Ape Organization in Cameroon is only one of them, but it's the only law enforcement nongovernmental organization in Africa. Tags: africa bush meat congo gorillas endangered species cameroon. At least there are activists in African countries themselves that are working to stop this practice.
Critter News
NOVEMBER 11, 2008
Of course, there is more war in the Congo. Tags: virunga africa gorilla war congo. Always, always, war. And the mountain gorillas are once again vulnerable. The rebels have taken over the wildlife rangers' headquarters and the gorillas are unprotected. Unless they flee to the Rwandan side of the forest, they may die.
Critter News
JANUARY 27, 2009
Surprisingly, the mountain gorillas have prospered under the rule of the Congo rebels. The new tally brings the Virunga mountain gorillas to an estimated 211—including 10 babies born during the rangers' absence. Tags: global warming virunga africa congo gorillas endangered species.
Critter News
NOVEMBER 28, 2008
It's incredibly exciting and any day now we're expecting good news.". Tags: virunga africa congo gorillas. Over the next month he and his staff will conduct a census of the mountain gorillas, hoping to find the population of roughly 200 unaffected by the tempest that has raged around them in the past 18 months.
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