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Good News, Sad News
Six species discovered in Congo, four endangered gorillas shot |
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09 Aug 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Good News, Sad News Six species discovered in Congo, four endangered gorillas shot A research expedition to a remote forest in the Democratic Republic of the Congo found six new animal species -- a bat, a rat, two shrews, and two frogs -- and may have found new plant species as well. The trip, which ran from January to March and was led by the Wildlife Conservation Society, represented ... |
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| Topics: biodiversity, Congo, endangered species, extinction, news, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Hitting Them Where It Hurts
Rebels kill ranger in Congolese national park, threaten officials and gorillas |
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24 May 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Hitting Them Where It Hurts Rebels kill ranger in Congolese national park, threaten officials and gorillas Rebels attacked three ranger posts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Virunga National Park this weekend, killing one wildlife officer, wounding three more, and taking 13 hostages. While the human prisoners were released, the Mai Mai rebels still have hostages of a sort: they have made it clear that they'll start kill ... |
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| Topics: biodiversity, Congo, news (all these topics) |
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