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Animals News tagged with Congo

New Initiatives in the Congo Basin
Animals  (tags: animals, gorillas, Congo, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 49 days ago - wcs.org
Leaders of the Congo Basin countries and conservation groups are pressing for more attention, funds, and technical support to save the world's second largest rainforest and the people who depend on its resources.
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Scale of Gorilla Poaching Exposed
Animals  (tags: animals, gorillas, bushmeat, Congo, poaching, environment, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 82 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
An undercover investigation has found that up to two gorillas are killed and sold as bushmeat each week in Kouilou, a region of the Republic of Congo.
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Soldier Killed By Hippo While Fishing Illegally in DR Congo Park
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, hippos, illegal fishing, Congo, humans, killed, environment, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 84 days ago - ecoworldly.com
A Democratic Republic of Congo soldier was killed by a hippo while fishing illegally in Virunga National Park's Lake Edward.
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Earth Picture Galleries
Animals  (tags: animals, bonobos, Congo, released, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 184 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
Orphan bonobos set to be released into the wild in Congo.
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Gorilla Warfare in the Congo Jungle
Animals  (tags: animals, gorillas, Congo, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 193 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
Some of our closest relatives are facing a battle for survival. Lisa Grainger meets a team dedicated to securing their future.
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Baby Gorilla Rescued From Suspected Traffickers
Animals  (tags: animals, Congo, gorillas, baby, trafficking, AnimalWelfare, protection, wildanimals, investigation, rescued )

Dee
- 218 days ago - edition.cnn.com
(CNN) -- Undercover officers rescued a baby gorilla from suspected animal traffickers in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a national park in the country announced Tuesday.
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Congo's Chimps Threatened By Bushmeat Trade
Animals  (tags: animals, chimps, bushmeat, Congo, AnimalWelfare, environment, killing, habitat, protection, wildanimals )

Cher
- 233 days ago - bornfree.org.uk
Cleve Hicks gives account of central African wilderness under imminent threat of destruction by rapidly-emerging commercial bushmeat trade sweeping across Democratic Republic of the Congo, describes struggle to save orphaned chimpanzees from torture,
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300+ Gorillas Killed Each Year for Bushmeat in the Congo
Animals  (tags: gorillas, killed, bushmeat, Congo, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, death, habitat, protection, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 253 days ago - planetsave.com
An undercover investigation by Endangered Species International has disclosed the horrific scale of the endangered species market in the Republic of Congo.
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Illegal Miners Destroying Swathes of Wildlife in Democratic Republic of Congo - Chimps Hit Hard
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Cher
- 256 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
Poachers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) threaten the existence of the largest remaining continuous population of chimpanzees in the world. This conclusion is drawn by Cleve Hicks, based on observations made during his 2007-2008 survey of
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Surprising Lion Stronghold Uncovered In War-Torn Central Africa
Animals  (tags: lions, Uganda, Congo, wildlife, stronghold, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildanimals )

Cher
- 310 days ago - sciencedaily.com
Times are tough for wildlife living at the frontier between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Armies are reportedly encamped in a national park and wildlife preserve on the Congolese side, while displaced herders and their cattle have
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10 Baby Gorillas Born in Eastern Congo Park Home to Critically Endangered Species
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Lynne
- 313 days ago - newsday.com
VIRUNGA NATIONAL PARK, Congo (AP) -- The Congolese Wildlife Authority says the gorilla population has grown in an eastern Congo park that is home to some of the world's last remaining mountain gorillas.
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Congo Warlord's Arrest Puts Gorillas' Future in Turmoil
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Cher
- 314 days ago - news.nationalgeographic.com
The political future of the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Virunga National Park--home to about 200 of the world's roughly 680 mountain gorillas--was thrown into turmoil Thursday night with the arrest of Congolese rebel leader Laurent Nkunda.
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DRC Gorillas Face Great Risks
Animals  (tags: africa, congo, wildlife, wild animals, great apes, gorillas, endangered, extinction, habitat, humans, killing, protection )

Jacquelin
- 390 days ago - news24.com
Goma - East Congo's conflict has put more than a quarter of the world's last mountain gorillas at the mercy of armed groups who hunt and camp in their territory, park officials said on Monday. With no rangers left to protect or care for them, the gori
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Great Ape Conservation in Congo Gets a Boost
Animals  (tags: contributions, protection, animals, apes, gorillas, chimpanzees, Congo, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 552 days ago - nation.ittefaq.com
The Spanish government has contributed USD 368,000 to a United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) led initiative to help protect gorillas, chimpanzees and their habitats in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
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In Congo, Endangered Gorilla Population Cut in Half By Rebels, Says WCS
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Cher
- 579 days ago - wcs.org
Conducting wildlife surveys last June in Kahuzi-Biega National Park, a World Heritage Site, biologists from WCS and the Congolese Research Center for Natural Sciences found just 130 endangered eastern lowland gorillas (i.e. Grauer's gorillas) in their
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