Virunga National Park
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Remains of Fifth Rare Gorilla Discovered Following Congo Attack - 20 Aug 2007
Voice of AmericaBy Kari Barber A fifth rare mountain gorilla has been found shot dead inside the Virunga National Park in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Rwanda: Missing Gorilla Found Dead - 20 Aug 2007
AllAfrica.com,Still missing is Macibiri's infant called Ntaribi, although conservation group Wildlife Direct promised to continue searching in Virunga National Park's
Wildlife Experts Appeal For Help Protecting Congo's Gorillas - Aug 17, 2007
ABC NewsOfficials look at four dead mountain gorillas that were illegally killed in the Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo during the week of
Satellite Imagery and GIS Technology Improve Wildlife Conservation ... - Aug 18, 2007
PR-GB.com (press release),...mosaic for an area covering the Virunga National Park in Congo, Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda and the Rwenzori Mountains National Park in Uganda.
Rwanda: UN Rescues of Virunga Gorillas - Aug 16, 2007
AllAfrica.com,This follows the July killings of four mountain gorillas in the Virunga National Park on the side of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Missing DR Congo gorillas 'dead' - Aug 17, 2007
BBC News,Rangers patrolling the area of the Virunga National Park where four of the great apes were killed discovered the remains of the female, called Macibiri.
Congo gorilla massacre sparks call for help - Aug 16, 2007
Independent Online,The four were found dead in the southern sector of the Virunga National Park which contains more than a fifth of the world's population of 700 mountain
Rangers battle odds to save rare gorillas - Aug 12, 2007
Sydney Morning Herald,Mourning … the bodies of four mountain gorillas killed in the Virunga National Park last month. THEY heard the gunshots at about 3pm, echoing across the
Eight mountain gorillas are shot dead in troubled national park - Jul 27, 2007
Times Online,The killings, in the Virunga National Park in eastern Congo, may have been intended as a warning to local conservationists who seek to prevent the
International Mission to Investigate Gorilla Killings - Aug 10, 2007
Environment News ServiceThey will collect data including testimonies from guards and administrators of Virunga National Park as well as representatives of local communities and of
Vets care for orphaned gorilla - Aug 17, 2007
CBBC Newsround,Emergency measures have now been brought in to protect the rest of the gorillas in the Virunga National Park. Extra patrols have been set up in the part of
Silverback gorillas killed in motiveless attack - Aug 9, 2007
Telegraph.co.uk,But earlier this year two silverbacks and a female were also shot in the Virunga National Park sparking fears that the gentle creatures are being hunted out
Director-General voices concern over fate of Virunga National Park ... - Aug 3, 2007
UNESCO World Heritage Centre (press release),The Director-General of UNESCO, Koïchiro Matsuura, is concerned over attacks perpetrated against the mountain gorillas of the Virunga National Park in the
Bodies of Four Mountain Gorillas Found in Virunga National Park - Aug 1, 2007
PNN,The bodies were discovered in the southern sector of the Virunga National Park by rangers from the Institute for the Conservation of Nature (ICCN),
Majestic gorillas slaughtered in Congo - Aug 9, 2007
Kansas City Star,By STEPHANIE McCRUMMEN There are only about 700 mountain gorillas left in the world, and more than half of them live in Virunga National Park in the
Satellite Images and GIS - Conservation Virunga National Park - Jul 29, 2007
prMac (press release),Additional data will be available soon of a 3D Video Flythrough for Virunga National Park and over the Nyiragongo and Nyamuragira active Volcanoes located
Virunga National Park: 4 more gorillas slaughtered - Jul 27, 2007
UNESCO World Heritage Centre (press release),The death toll continues to rise in Virunga National Park (Democratic Republic of the Congo), where three females and one male silverback gorilla were shot
UNEP to Deploy Mission to Virunga Park - Aug 14, 2007
AfricaNews,They reviewed in detail the escalating situation in the Virunga National Park, which resulted recently in the death of a park ranger and injuries to others,
Gorillas gunned down in execution-style killings - Aug 9, 2007
NEWS.com.au,Four gorillas were found shot dead last month in the Virunga National Park – home to an estimated 60 per cent of the 700-strong worldwide mountain gorilla
Murders in the Mist - Aug 11, 2007
Times Online,Demand is overwhelming and more than 90% is coming from wood plundered from the Virunga national park. The financial interests behind the trade are powerful
Authorities Warn Increase in Wildlife Poisoning in Uganda Park ... - Jul 31, 2007
Voice of AmericaIn March 2006, an estimated 10000 nomadic herders called the Basongora crossed into Uganda, after being chased out of Virunga National Park in neighboring
Gorillas' protectors besieged in Congo - Jul 27, 2007
Seattle Times,By Stephanie McCrummen More gorillas have been killed during the past year in Congo's Virunga National Park than during the worst years of the country's
Rwanda: Conservationists Promise "Strict Measures" to Protect Gorillas - Jul 27, 2007
AllAfrica.com,Reports from conservationists in Eastern DRC indicate that the bodies were discovered in the southern sector of the Virunga National Park by rangers from
Kenya: Save Endangered Gorilla Species - Aug 10, 2007
AllAfrica.com,The rising number of gorillas slaughtered in the southern part of Virunga National Park requires urgent measures to be taken. The first initiative will be
Four mountain gorillas shot dead in Congo park - Jul 26, 2007
Reuters.uk,KINSHASA (Reuters) - Four rare mountain gorillas have been shot dead in the Virunga National Park in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Wide
Rwanda: Gorillas Mass Execution Reported in DR Congo - Jul 24, 2007
AllAfrica.com,Three female mountain gorillas from a prominent family in Rwanda were found dead in DR Congo side of the Virunga National Park but interestingly,
Plans to protect gorilla massacre survivors - Aug 16, 2007
InTheNews.co.uk,The body of one silverback and three female gorillas were found on July 22nd in Virunga national park; a mother and a baby gorilla are still missing from
Lions, Hyenas Poisoned In Ugandan Park - Jul 26, 2007
Guardian Unlimited,The herders have occupied a 115-square-mile area since March 2006, when they were moved from Congo's Virunga National Park. While Uganda arranges to
Ugandan herders poison lions, hyenas in national park: Officials - Jul 26, 2007
Hindu,...(115-square-mile) area in the northern part of the park since March last year, when they were moved on from Congo's Virunga National Park.
Killings of mountain gorillas in Congo prompt UN probe - Jul 27, 2007
CNN InternationalRangers made the gruesome find in the southern sector of Virunga National Park earlier this week, said Flora and Fauna International, an organization that
In an Eastern Congo Oasis, Blood Amid the Greenery - Jul 21, 2007
Washington Post,By Stephanie McCrummen VIRUNGA NATIONAL PARK, Congo -- They heard the gunshots around 3 pm, at least two pops that echoed across the green mountains of this
UNESCO mission to help save threatened gorilla population - Aug 10, 2007
Media For Freedom,The experts will meet political and military leaders of the province and examine the state of conservation of Virunga National Park, the threats on the site
Local communities outraged by gorilla massacre - Aug 10, 2007
Life Style Extra,Yesterday, 9 August, 2007, communities from the southern sector of the Virunga National Park and students from Goma gathered to show their respects to the
Congo-Brazzaville: Missing Baby Gorilla Found Alive - Reports - Jul 27, 2007
AllAfrica.com,Three female mountain gorillas and a male silverback were found shot dead this week in the DR Congo's Virunga National Park, but now worried
Uganda: Activists Condemn Gorilla Killings - Jul 30, 2007
AllAfrica.com,THE International Gorilla Conservation Programme has condemned the recent incident in which four mountain gorillas were shot dead in Virunga National Park
Shocking images show gorilla family executed - Aug 9, 2007
Ninemsn,Shocking images released by World Wildlife Funds yesterday show the corpses being carried off by park rangers in Virunga National Park.
Mountain gorillas shot dead in DRC - Jul 25, 2007
Independent Online,Kinshasa - Four mountain gorillas were shot dead and two went missing in the Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern North Kivu
4 mountain gorillas shot dead in Congo national park - Jul 26, 2007
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung),AP GENEVA (AP) - Four mountain gorillas were killed at Congo's Virunga National Park, conservationists said Thursday. Residents heard gunshots Sunday night
Uganda: Queen Elizabeth Park Lions, Hyenas Poisoned - Jul 25, 2007
AllAfrica.com,The Basongora were evicted from Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo in March last year. They were allowed to settle temporarily at the
DRC,Tanzania to sign agreements for managing national parks - Aug 10, 2007
People's Daily Online,...to shift their interest to Congolese national parks beginning with Virunga national park, by arranging excursions for tourists visiting Sengereti so
Endangered mountain gorillas killed in Congo; population at risk - Jul 26, 2007
WWF International,Virunga National Park, Congo – One silverback male and three female mountain gorillas have been killed in the Virunga National Park in the eastern
Baby gorilla found alive after mass "execution" in Congo - Jul 27, 2007
Kazinform,Three female mountain gorillas and a male silverback were found shot dead this week in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Virunga National Park.
Concern over gorilla 'executions' - Jul 26, 2007
BBC News,The bodies of three females and one male were discovered by rangers earlier this week in the Virunga National Park. Officials said the "executions" were not
Gorilla war: Rangers in Congo fight to save wildlife - Jul 22, 2007
Houston Chronicle,VIRUNGA NATIONAL PARK, CONGO — They heard the gunshots around 3 pm, at least two pops that echoed across the green mountains of this vast park tangled up in
4 Mountain Gorillas Killed in Congo Park - Jul 26, 2007
Forbes,By ERICA BULMAN 07.26.07, 3:25 PM ET Four rare mountain gorillas, including an alpha-male silverback, were shot dead at Congo's Virunga National Park,
Congo-Kinshasa: UN Experts to Probe Killing of Highly Endangered ... - Aug 10, 2007
AllAfrica.com,Seven mountain gorillas have been shot and killed this year, four of them last month, in the DRC's Virunga National Park, more than during the conflict that
Four Rare Gorillas Killed in Congo, Another Feared Dead - Jul 26, 2007
Voice of AmericaFour rare mountain gorillas have been killed after gunmen crept up on them and opened fire in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Virunga National Park.
80 percent of hyenas poisoned in Uganda - Jul 31, 2007
Independent Online,The Basongora, who had earlier been evicted from Virunga National Park across the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, have demanded a new district
Suspect Detained for Involvement in Gorilla Shooting - Aug 3, 2007
Environmental News Network (press release),...of emergency meetings to address last week's shooting of four endangered mountain gorillas in Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Four Endangered Gorillas Found Dead in Park - Jul 27, 2007
Blogger News NetworkThe bodies were found in Virunga National Park with no suspects or motives for killing the animals. This is especially alarming since the number of mountain
Uganda Tourism signs for Regional Cooperation 25 Sep 2002
The three areas considered for the project are Mgahinga National Park in Uganda, Volcano Park in Rwanda and the Virunga National Park in Congo. - Update Travel News,
Measures Taken to Protect Hippos in Virunga National Park (DRC) Nov 23, 2006
...in the World Heritage sites of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), with particular attention given to Virunga National Park, where hippopotamuses are ... - UNESCO World Heritage Centre (press release),
Poaching could abolish hippos in Congo park Oct 25, 2006
The first two weeks of this month alone saw more than 400 hippos slaughtered in lawless Virunga National Park, which was once home to one of Central Africa's ... - ESPN
Hippos Butchered by the Hundreds in Congo Wildlife Park Oct 24, 2006
An aerial census conducted yesterday put the hippo population in Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) at 629. ... - National Geographic,
The tip-off Nov 18, 2006
Successive wins gave her a final bank of £2,616.50 - she's donating her £500 prize to saving endangered hippos in Virunga National Park, DR Congo (www.zsl.org ... - Guardian Unlimited,
UN peacekeepers urged to help save DRC hippo Oct 26, 2006
...ran a census on the hippo population this week, has called on the UN peace-keeping forces in the DRC to deploy troops to the Virunga National Park to protect ... - Independent Online,
Congo's hippos face extinction Nov 6, 2006
By Caroline Hurry. In the early 1970s around 30 000 hippos lived in the Virunga National Park, DRC. Today there are only 629 left ... - Independent Online,
Report predicts 'ecosystem collapse' Oct 24, 2006
Large Mammals Recover From Poaching In Africa's Oldest National Park (June 26, 2006) -- A recent wildlife census conducted in Virunga National Park in the ... - Science Daily (press release)
DRC troops killed in meat clash Oct 26, 2006
Just last week, the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) warned that hippos in the eastern DRC's Virunga National Park near Lake Edward would be slaughtered into ... - AND,
GREAT LAKES: IRIN-CEA Weekly Round-up 324 for 25-31 March 2006 31 Mar 2006
As many as 800 of the estimated 6,000 evictees already had crossed over to Uganda from areas surrounding the Virunga National Park in DRC with about 3,000 ...
Reuters AlertNet,
Congo evicts hundreds of Ugandan herdsmen from game park Mar 25, 2006
...children, have crossed over the Congo border over the past few days with over 10,000 head of cattle after being evicted from Virunga National Park following a ...
Monsters and Critics.com,
Congo-Kinshasa: Expelled Ugandans Face Epidemic Mar 27, 2006
Diarrhoea and malaria have hit the Basongora who are camped at Uganda's Mpondwe border post after being expelled from Virunga National Park in eastern DR Congo ...
AllAfrica.com,
Congo deports 1,000 Ugandans Mar 26, 2006
The DRC gave a 30-day ultimatum from March 7 to the pastoralists, who had been accused of illegally living in and encroaching on Virunga National Park. ...
People's Daily Online,
Congo deports 1,000 Ugandans Mar 25, 2006
The Congolese gave them a 30-day ultimatum from March 7. The pastoralists are accused of illegally living in and encroaching on Virunga National Park. ...
Sunday Vision,
Inside: India's Air Force in MONUC military operations Mar 1, 2006
In late 2005, the Indian Air Force contingent was engaged in operations against the FDLR and Mai-Mai cadres in Virunga National Park and the Lusamambo areas. ...
MONUC.org (press release),
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