Africa Congo Tagged Wildlife 
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.
Critter News
AUGUST 25, 2008
No wonder wildlife trafficking is such a problem. ICCN (Congolese Wildlife Authority) rangers received a tip-off that someone in Goma was trying to sell a baby gorilla. Tags: iccn chimpanzees wildlife trafficking africa congo. Even members of the army are involved.
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Critter News
NOVEMBER 11, 2008
Of course, there is more war in the Congo. The rebels have taken over the wildlife rangers' headquarters and the gorillas are unprotected. Tags: virunga africa gorilla war congo. Always, always, war. And the mountain gorillas are once again vulnerable. They don't breed in captivity. They don't breed in captivity.
Critter News
DECEMBER 29, 2008
This situation sounds a lot like the the mountain gorillas, the Congo and Virunga National Park. Elephants in Zakouma National Park, the last stronghold for the savannah elephants of Central Africa's Sahel region, have crashed to just 1,000 animals from an estimated 3,000 in 2006.
Critter News
NOVEMBER 22, 2008
More than 120 Park Rangers of the Congolese Wildlife Authority, ICCN, today returned to Virunga National Park - 14 months after fleeing violent hostilities between rebels and government soldiers. Tags: virunga africa gorilla congo endangered species. Now it's time to assess the damage.
Critter News
AUGUST 4, 2009
The Congolese rangers protect the wildlife in Virunga National Park, the most famous inhabitants of which are the 700 remaining mountain gorillas. Tags: virunga rwanda africa congo gorillas endangered species. These rangers are very brave people with possibly the most dangerous jobs in the world.
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