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Angola: Missing Giant Sable Antelope Spotted  -  Jul 27, 2009
AllAfrica.comLuanda — Three specimens of the long missing and critically endangered giant sable antelope were finally spotted Saturday at Cangandala National Park and ...

Scientists discover rare Angolan antelope  -  Sep 26, 2009
Vancouver SunThis undated file photo shows one of the last remaining images of Angola's giant sable antelope, last seen 30 years ago before the country's civil war. ...

Angola: Rare Sable Antelope Survives the War  -  Apr 7, 2005
AllAfrica.comLuanda — The rare giant sable antelope (Hippotragus niger varianien), unique to Angola and feared extinct after almost three decades of civil war, ...

Angola: Governor Proud About Re-Discovery of Sable Antelope  -  Sep 21, 2006
AllAfrica.comCristovão da Cunha also emphasised that the intentional meeting on the Giant Sable Antelope should define projects not only for the protection and ...

Angola: A New Species of Antelope Discovered  -  Jun 6, 2007
AllAfrica.comThe international conservation community was preparing to receive the worst possible news: the giant sable antelope, one of the most magnificent African ...

Citizens And Americans Join to Save Endangered Antelope  -  Dec 17, 2009
AllAfrica.comThe palanca negra gigante, or giant sable antelope, is a national symbol that almost became extinct during the long civil war in Angola. ...

Antelopes in Angola  -  Feb 20, 2006
The GuardianThe photographs confirmed the continued existence of the giant sable antelope. The photographs, shown at a press conference in Angola last April, ...

Antelope Feared Extinct is Rediscovered in Angola  -  Feb 15, 2006
BuzzleOf all the animals to lose, the giant sable antelope might seem be the most ... The giant sable antelope is not only the national symbol of Angola, ...

Angola: Three More Giant Sable Antelopes Relocated to Cangandala …  -  Aug 6, 2009
AllAfrica.comThe giant sable antelope is evaluated as critically endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The Cangandala National Park, in northern Malanje ...

Environment minister welcomes US Government effort  -  Dec 3, 2009
Angola PressIn August 2003, the project of preservation of the giant sable antelope was launched with the support of the centre of study and scientific research of the ...

Rare Angolan antelope tracked by research team  -  Jul 26, 2009
Mother Nature NetworkNEW HOPE: One of the last remaining images of Angola's elusive giant sable antelope. (Photo: Agence France-Presse). A rare Angolan antelope feared to have ...

Revered giant antelope can boost conservation  -  May 10, 2006
Independent OnlineLuanda - There could hardly have been a better omen for Angola after nearly three decades of war: last year, the revered giant sable antelope, unique to the ...

INTERVIEW-Angolan antelope threatened with extinction  -  Jan 5, 2009
Reuters UKMALANGE, Angola, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Angola's Giant Sable Antelope, a national symbol, is threatened with extinction by poachers after barely surviving three ...

Unique giant sable gets second chance  -  May 8, 2006
Independent OnlineLuanda - There could hardly have been a better omen for Angola after nearly three decades of war: last year, the revered giant sable antelope, unique to the ...

antelope -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia  -  Jun 5, 2008
Subscription - Encyclopedia BritannicaThe Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx), the giant sable antelope (Hippotragus niger variani), and other antelopes are almost extinct. ...

Once feared extinct, Angolan sable wins new hope for survival  -  Sep 22, 2009
Manila BulletinAnd while they are plastered on bank notes and company logos, only a handful of people have actually seen the giant sable antelope -- or palanca negra ...

Gorillas benefit from Congo ceasefire  -  Mar 5, 2007
Telegraph.co.ukGiant sable antelope Was thought extinct after Angola's civil war, but documented sightings since. Hippos Fewer than 20 now in Virunga National Park.

2010 declared biodiversity protection year  -  Jan 5, 2010
Angola Press...has declared 2010 as the biodiversity protection year in Angola, placing a major focus on the preservation of the Giant Sable Antelope. ...

Angola: Environment Ministry to Run Biodiversity Seminar  -  May 19, 2005
AllAfrica.com...coastal belt and tropical forests in the North. Angola also has the giant sable antelope, the only specie in the world and which is a national symbol.

World Cup brings relief to troubled Angola  -  May 31, 2006
BBC NewsThe Palancas - as the Angolan national side is called, after the local name for a rare giant sable antelope - will be in group D, along with Mexico, ...

Angola, São Tomé Dioceses Give Gifts to Pope  -  Mar 22, 2009
AllAfrica.comThe Pope received sculptures with designs like the map of Angola and the giant sable antelope, among others. After receiving the gifts and thanking the ...

An ancient lust and its echoes  -  Feb 8, 2009
Boston GlobeWalker is also the author of "A Certain Curve of Horn: The Hundred-Year Quest for the Giant Sable Antelope of Angola." He spoke from his home in Connecticut ...

Kent Author Chronicles Plight of the African Elephant  -  Dec 30, 2008
zwire.com...is also the author of "A Certain Curve of Horn," his 2002 account of his search for the endangered giant sable antelope in southern Africa. ...

ExxonMobil Celebrates 15 Years of Operations in Angola  -  Nov 6, 2009
ForbesAdditionally, Esso Angola, Block 15 and the ExxonMobil Foundation support a project to help protect the Giant Sable Antelope, which until a few years ago ...

The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio, Bob Downing column: Band comes …  -  May 11, 2006
Free with registration - Akron Beacon Journal - AccessMyLibrary.comMuseum lecture -- Journalist John Frederick Walker will speak on The Search for the Giant Sable Antelope of Angola at 7:30 pm at the Cleveland Museum of ...

Plant and animal life  -  Jun 15, 2008
Subscription - Encyclopedia BritannicaThe giant sable antelope (Hippotragus niger variani), found in the south, is particularly vulnerable. Other endangered populations include the gorillas and ...

Peace on Earth ; The war in Angola is over. Now the country's...  -  Apr 28, 2007
Pay-Per-View - Independent - London - HighBeam Research...the country's endangered giant sable antelope) - rekindle their national pride against the likes of Mexico, Iran and former colonial masters, Portugal? ...

Only one out of 91 antelope species is on the rise  -  Mar 4, 2009
Mongabay.comFive subspecies are currently considered Critically Endangered: the mountain bongo, the giant sable antelope, the western giant eland, the tora hartebeest, ...

ExxonMobil Celebrates 15 Years of Operations in Angola  -  Nov 9, 2009
Your Industry News - Your Industry News (press release)Additionally, Esso Angola, Block 15 and the ExxonMobil Foundation support a project to help protect the Giant Sable Antelope, which until a few years ago ...

Kent author publishes book on ivory trade  -  Jan 2, 2009
zwire.com...is also the author of "A Certain Curve of Horn," his 2002 account of his search for the endangered giant sable antelope in southern Africa. ...

Missing giant sable antelope spotted  -  ‎Jul 27, 2009‎
AngolaPressLuanda– Three specimens of the long missing and critically endangered giant sable antelope were finally spotted Saturday at Cangandala National Park and

Sable Antelope - One Sold for $ 385 000 and Giant Species ...  -  ‎Jul 30, 2009‎
EcoWorldlyThe Giant Sable Antelope has been positively sighted for the first time in decades, proving that it is not extinct, while a less threatened species was sold

Angola: National flag carrier removed from EU blacklist  -  ‎Aug 1, 2009‎
Global Voices Online...the EU has removed the company [whose symbol is] the Giant Sable Antelope from the blacklist and allowed it to fly to European countries for some time

An ancient lust and its echoes  -  Feb 8, 2009
Boston Globe,Walker is also the author of "A Certain Curve of Horn: The Hundred-Year Quest for the Giant Sable Antelope of Angola." He spoke from his home in Connecticut

Angola to put on a sparkling show despite credit crisis  -  Feb 20, 2009
South China Morning Post (subscription),...on dirt pitches next to countdown billboards featuring the competition's mascot - a caricature of Angola's rare giant sable antelope, playing soccer.



Angola: Governor Proud About Re-Discovery of Sable Antelope  Sep 21, 2006
...of Malanje province, Cristovao da Cunha, on Wednesday here considered that it is a national pride the re-discovery of the Giant Sable Antelope on September ... - AllAfrica.com,

Angola: Govt, Partners Sign Memorandum On Sable Antelope ...  Sep 21, 2006
A memorandum of understanding for the protection and preservation of the Giant Sable Antelope was signed this Wednesday, in the northern Malanje province, by ... - AllAfrica.com,

Angola: Catholic University Promotes Gathering On Sable Antelope  Sep 20, 2006
...of the Catholic University of Angola runs this Wednesday in the north-central Malanje Province, an International Conference on the Giant Sable Antelope, in the ... - AllAfrica.com,

Catholic University Runs Conference On Giant Black Antelope  Sep 14, 2006
It is the country`s most representative emblem, name of Angola sports teams and is the symbol of Angola Airline. Giant Sable antelope was discovered in 1909. ... - AngolaPress, [an error occurred while processing this directive]


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