Critter News

APRIL 30, 2010

Tags: wildlife trafficking united nations bush meat congo gorillas.

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Critter News

NOVEMBER 22, 2008

More than 120 Park Rangers of the Congolese Wildlife Authority, ICCN, today returned to Virunga National Park - 14 months after fleeing violent hostilities between rebels and government soldiers. Tags: virunga africa gorilla congo endangered species. Now it's time to assess the damage.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 29, 2008

This situation sounds a lot like the the mountain gorillas, the Congo and Virunga National Park. However, safety conditions have recently improved somewhat and Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is optimistic that it can increase on-the-ground elephant conservation work in and around Zakouma to protect the remaining population.

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 12, 2006

To the Editor: Re “ Ebola Imperils Gorilla Species in Congo Republic ” (news article, Dec. 8): Increasingly, we are observing that our efforts to reach sustainable balances for wildlife populations are being confounded by the spread of infectious disease. Karesh Bronx, Dec.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 26, 2024

Here in my home county of Suffolk the Suffolk Bird Group, together with the Suffolk Wildlife Trust, campaigns for Swifts under the SOS (Save our Swifts) banner, installing boxes on houses, churches, libraries, even cinemas, as well as raising public awareness of the Swift’s plight.

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Liberia Africa Breeding Mozambique 244

10,000 Birds

JULY 28, 2022

The Congo is one of the deepest rivers in the world with depths sometimes exceeding 220 meters (720 feet). The Congo Basin is 300,000 square miles (777,000 square kilometres) in size and its forests store 25 per cent of tropical forest carbon. million hectares of forest cover each year.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

The “Wild Rwanda – Where to watch birds, primates, and other wildlife” gives you the info how and where to look for both birds and mammals (not just primates, the title is somewhat misleading). Maps aside, “Wild Rwanda – Where to watch birds, primates, and other wildlife” is an exceptionally well written guide. Pages: 256.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2015

Nineteen days later we had racked up an amazing list of 436 species, including some of Africa’s least known birds such as Congo Serpent Eagle , Yellow-footed Honeyguide , Tessmann’s Flycatcher , Yellow-bearded Greenbul , Black-collared Lovebird and much besides. And wow, what a trip we had! What makes Ghana so special?

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Mountain Gorillas are best observed in Uganda or Rwanda And to avoid – currently, one needs to be very cautious if planning a trip to Ivory Coast, Somalia, Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo (the People’s Republic or Congo-Brazzaville is however safe), Burundi, Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea and a few other unstable nations.

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Critter News

MARCH 29, 2009

Two of my favorite issues are chimpanzees threatened in labs and mountain gorillas threatened in the Congo. Let's combine the two and look at chimpanzees threatened in the Congo. Poachers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) threaten the existence of the largest remaining continuous population of chimpanzees in the world.

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Critter News

AUGUST 4, 2009

The Congolese rangers protect the wildlife in Virunga National Park, the most famous inhabitants of which are the 700 remaining mountain gorillas. Tags: virunga rwanda africa congo gorillas endangered species. These rangers are very brave people with possibly the most dangerous jobs in the world.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 17, 2013

Lake Edward with the Congo behind. There is a lot of wildlife around the lodge. Honestly, the view is to die for before you’ve even seen an animal or a sip of drink.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 4, 2019

Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. 01 Jan 2019. 01 Jan 2019.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2019

Montezuma NWR–Wildlife Drive. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Congo Road private impoundment. Congo Road private impoundment. Congo Road private impoundment. Congo Road private impoundment. Savannah NWR–Laurel Hill Wildlife Dr. 22 Feb 2019. Oatland Island Wildlife Center. Otham Fields.

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Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2012

Money for greater local enforcement is now the most pressing need to combat poachers and the armed wildlife trade syndicates to which they are increasingly linked. This holds true whether it is in the Democratic Republic of Congo or right here in New York City, where Cyrus R. ELIZABETH L. BENNETT Jeju, South Korea, Sept.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 13, 2020

Democratic Republic of Congo 1185 11. Yet, among them, DR Congo is burdened with its long lasting guerilla war and recently with an Ebola outbreak as well (both in the bird-richest east of the country), while Venezuela is in economic and political tailspin and you would be ill-advised to go there. Brazil 1847 sp. 3.

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