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Cameroon Sets Up Park for Gorillas

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Let's keep our fingers crossed that it provides effective protection. Cameroon, with one of Africa’s highest rates of deforestation, has set up a new national park to protect gorillas, chimpanzees, elephants and a rare type of antelope called bongo.

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Wild Chimpanzees Threatened in the Congo

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Two of my favorite issues are chimpanzees threatened in labs and mountain gorillas threatened in the Congo. Hicks, a researcher at the University of Amsterdam (UvA), describes the plight of the apes and other forest creatures in a new e-book to be released this week. Tags: chimpanzees poaching congo endangered species.

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