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Extraordinary Growth in Mountain Gorilla Population

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In contrast, the 2007 murders of 10 gorillas occurred under the Congolese government's control. The population—made famous by a series of murders in 2007—has grown by nearly 13 percent in the last 16 months, despite having no protection from civil war or poaching for 15 months, park rangers said Monday.

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Court Overrules Federal Government on Wolf ESA Decision

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TRAVERSE CITY - State officials say they're not pleased with a federal court's ruling overturning the government's decision to remove the gray wolf from the endangered species list for the Great Lakes region. says the 2007 decision by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was not supported by the federal Endangered Species Act.

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Gorilla Rangers Return to Virunga

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The Gorilla Sector of Virunga National Park is inhabited by 200 of the last remaining 700 critically endangered mountain gorillas in the world. Since September 2007, it has been occupied by rebels who had driven the rangers out. "It Tags: virunga africa gorilla congo endangered species.

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Palin Now Going After Endangered Whales

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"I am especially concerned that an unnecessary federal listing and designation of critical habitat would do serious long-term damage to the vibrant economy of the Cook Inlet area," Palin said in 2007. Tags: beluga whale Palin alaska endangered species.

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Former Virunga Park Officials In Prison

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The imprisonment of the Rangers comes after a lengthy trial in the North Kivu province courts initiated after the July 2007 massacre of 5 mountain gorillas that was met with outrage around the globe. Tags: wildlife crime virunga congo gorillas endangered species.

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Wild Chimpanzees Threatened in the Congo

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This conclusion is drawn by Cleve Hicks, based on observations made during his 2007-2008 survey of towns, villages and forests in the Buta-Aketi region of the DRC. Tags: chimpanzees poaching congo endangered species.

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Africa’s endangered species

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All the inhabited continents except Africa have experienced bird extinctions; however the 2012 update of the IUCN Red List shows a startling, but not altogether unexpected, trend in that more and more of our bird species are facing extinction.