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Animals Dying in Virunga National Forest

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Four chimpanzees were killed last week in the central zone and 11 elephants since the start of the year," park director Emmanuel de Merode told AFP. He added "a large number of game animals", including antelopes, had also been slaughtered. In 1980, Lake Edward had a hippopotamus sanctuary with 27,000 animals.

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