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They're Coming 'Round on Mountain Gorillas
Nations launch new combined effort to save mountain gorillas |
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21 Feb 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 7:16 AM on 21 Feb 2008 The three African nations that still have mountain gorilla populations have agreed to cooperate on a new plan to save the critically endangered primates. Rwanda, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo hatched a 10-year program to enhance security in the parks and forests that the gorillas call home, as well as other measures. The countries have also ... |
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You Can Poach an Egg, But You Shouldn't Poach an Elephant
Elephants massacred as ivory trade picks up |
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28 Feb 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| You Can Poach an Egg, But You Shouldn't Poach an Elephant Elephants massacred as ivory trade picks up As many as 23,000 elephants may have been killed in just one year, as an international effort to stem the ivory trade has fallen to the wayside, particularly in Africa. Increased demand for white tuskiness in Japan and China, combined with declining funding for anti-poaching programs, has overwhelmed the intenti ... |
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