Congolese rebels fight over mountain gorilla habitat
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Rebels have seized an area in eastern Congo that serves as a wildlife habitat for endangered mountain gorillas, threatening one of the last known populations of the animals, conservationists said Sunday.Shelling and heavy gunfire could be heard from the headquarters of the Virunga National Park, and rangers were forced to flee over the weekend, said the international conservation group WildlifeDirect.It is just baffling to me that people would feel so privileged and so little respect for an amazing animal of which there are so few left in the world. Are they ignorant or just think that their cause is more important than the lives of the few of these magnificent beings?
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Terry Gross had an interview with the photographer, Brent Stirton.
- sad, sad situation. - 3 years ago
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This article in this Sunday's NYTimes details the growing number of violent, sexual attacks taking place in Eastern Congo "on a scale never before seen here". According to the United Nations, 27,000 sexual assaults were reported in 2006 in South Kivu Province alone, and that may be just a fraction of the total number across the country.
The last line of the article: There used to be a lot of gorillas in there, he said. But now theyve been replaced by much more savage beasts. - 4 years ago
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