Critter News
JANUARY 13, 2009
Protecting mountain gorillas in the Congo is dangerous work. Just last week, a 33-year-old ranger was killed by Mai Mai rebels. Tags: virunga war congo gorillas endangered species. Mai Mai rebels are described as community-based militia groups frequently involved in banditry. Here is a brief Youtube video of him.
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 7, 2008
It's great news because it takes stress off the habitat and the species. Sadly, though, another ranger in the Congolese Wildlife Authority was killed by rebel guns. Tags: virunga gorilla congo. This development is the result of an agreement between the army and the Congolese Wildlife Authority. You can donate to his family here.
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10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 29, 2014
” Ebola is in the news a lot at the moment. He introduces ideas and slowly builds on them, staring with the outbreak of Hendra in people and horses in Queensland before moving the story to his own experiences of great ape die-off when he was covering Michael Fay’s Megatransect in the Congo Basin.
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
NOVEMBER 28, 2008
He says: "We've not had reports of any gorilla killings. It's incredibly exciting and any day now we're expecting good news.". Tags: virunga africa congo gorillas.
Critter News
DECEMBER 15, 2008
Two of the deaths were newborns killed by a silverback. Tags: virunga gorilla congo. Remember that Virunga National Park has been under Congolese rebel control since 2007 and the park rangers have only just been allowed back in. The rest were adults that died from illness or age.
Critter News
FEBRUARY 6, 2009
Over 150 rangers have been killed on duty in this park in the past decade. Tags: virunga africa congo gorillas endangered species. Many worked for years without receiving a salary. And did you know. Rangers are able to identify individual gorillas because each animal's nose is uniquely patterned.
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