Wildlife Conservation Organization
Mara Conservancy Management of the Mara Triangle was falling apart, until 2001, when Mara Conservancy stepped in and took control over the triangle. Their programs include anti-poaching and de-snaring patrols, as well as a mobile veterinary unit that is always Continue Reading
UN peacekeepers from the Congo have successfully airlifted endangered baby gorillas out of the conflict zone where they were rescued. The four babies were flown from the conflict zone in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the Kasugho Sanctuary Continue Reading
In Uganda the conflict between apes and humans is one that causes one species to win at the cost of the other, and the loser is almost always the apes. Recently, however, farmers in Kyamalera have learned to coexist with Continue Reading
Only about 300 apes survive in Nigeria’s Cross River National Park on the Cameroon border. Poaching from nearby poor villagers searching for food or meat to sell has reduced the rare apes’ numbers to about one-tenth of their population a Continue Reading
Officials in New York have identified two strains of simian foamy virus in wildlife imported as food — known as “bushmeat” — from three primate species: two mangabey monkeys and a chimpanzee, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). All Continue Reading