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Six Thousand Leave Virunga, One Ranger Killed

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This development is the result of an agreement between the army and the Congolese Wildlife Authority. Sadly, though, another ranger in the Congolese Wildlife Authority was killed by rebel guns. Tags: virunga gorilla congo. It's great news because it takes stress off the habitat and the species.

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Former Virunga Park Officials In Prison

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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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Elephants Missing in Chad, Presumed Poached

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This situation sounds a lot like the the mountain gorillas, the Congo and Virunga National Park. Several park guards have been shot and killed in recent years. Tags: ivory chad africa poaching elephants. Civil unrest in has made conservation exceedingly difficult in Chad.

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