#GreatApeMoment :A special recognition to all the rangers of Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Virunga National Park who risk their lives everyday for #GreatApe conservation.
Photo credit: Brent Stirton, National Geographic http://ift.tt/1d0uKnd
Virunga National Park ranger who dedicated his life to mountain #gorilla conservation in Africa’s oldest park is gun down by FDLR militia . FDLR is a Rwandan rebel group that includes the remnants of the militia who carried out the 1994 genocide.
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Source: #Aljazeer http://goo.gl/zFnzh8
Our condolences go to the Virunga National Park family, who lost ranger Mbera Bagabo. http://ift.tt/1iFzJzm
Dr. Geza P. Teleki, who spent over 40 years studying chimpanzees and other primates and promoting conservation efforts, died January 7 in his native Hungary. He was 77. Teleki wrote numerous books on primates – including The Predatory Behavior of Wild Chimpanzees (1973) and Leakey the Elder (1980) — studied Tanzania’s Gombe chimpanzees, and was one of the first to raise alarms regarding the illegal trade of great apes in West Africa. He also served on the advisory board of the International Primate Protection League (IPPL) since 1978, and counseled many of today’s leading primatologists. http://ift.tt/KQ47LC
Last Great Ape Organization (LAGA) founder Ofir Drori is recuperating in an Israeli hospital after being attacked and nearly killed by a crocodile in Ethiopia and then subsequently contracting malaria. For more, visit http://ift.tt/1ae1GJ1. http://ift.tt/1a6Exvk
#GreatApeMoment Poppy a mountain gorilla snuggled up with her offspring Inyungura in DR Congo
Photo Credit: Gorilla Doctors http://ift.tt/1d5UFyl
If you care about #conservation this is one #infographic from #GRASP showing the bleak future faced by #GreatApes that you can’t afford to ignore
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An Indonesia court has found a major palm oil company guilty of illegally burning protected forests within the Tripa Peat Swamps in Sumatra in 2013, setting a precedent for environmental protection and management in an area that is home to critically endangered orangutans. The PT Kallista Alam company was fined 114 billion Rupiah ($9 million USD). “This is a clear message to companies working in Aceh who think they can destroy protected forests and get away with it” said Muhammad Nur, Chairman of WALHI Aceh (Friends of the Earth Indonesia). For more, visit http://ift.tt/1dyodRC. http://ift.tt/KIfiXa
