In a major conservation effort, four female eastern lowland gorillas were airlifted from Kasuhgo in the Democratic Republic of Congo and released …
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Africa: Rwanda looking beyond Gorillas, Targets High End Tourism Market
by Atqnewsby AtqnewsRwanda has long been synonymous with mountain gorillas, drawing visitors from around the world to the misty forests of Volcanoes National Park …
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Africa: Nigerian Conservation Foundation, NCF and Wilder Institute Invest Over N8m To Safeguard Cross River Gorillas
by Atqnewsby AtqnewsIn a united front against the looming threat to the critically endangered Cross River gorillas, the Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) and Wilder …
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Tourism: Rwanda Development Board set for Gorilla Naming Ceremony Kwita Izina, 2 years after virtual ceremonies
by Atqnewsby AtqnewsAfter two years of virtual ceremonies due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Rwanda Development Board (RDB) has announced September 2 as the date …
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Tourism: East African nation, Uganda enjoys increase birth of baby gorillas
by Atqnewsby AtqnewsRecently, the amount of baby gorillas born in Uganda is on the increase. According to report by Ugandan journalist, Amos Wekesa, two …
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Tourism: Finally, Pictures of first-known group of African lowland gorillas released from Cross River, Nigeria
by Atqnewsby AtqnewsThe first-known camera-trap images of a group of Cross River gorillas with a number of infants of different ages, have been released …
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Tourism: Poachers kill Rafiki, the famous silverback gorilla in Uganda
by Atqnewsby AtqnewsFour men have been arrested in Uganda over the death of Rafiki, one of best known silverback mountain gorillas in the East …
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Africa: Hope for endangered Nigerian Gorillas as US-based group donates N4m worth of equipment to National Park
by Atqnewsby AtqnewsA group of United States-based wildlife conservation advocates have donated field equipment worth over N4 million to the National Parks Service (NPS) …
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Africa: Gorillas weren’t missed, an alternative safari in Uganda
by Atqnewsby AtqnewsAt first we walk along the forest edge. On the right is a stone wall and beyond it women are weeding their …
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Africa: These gorillas are not ‘bush meat’, they’re cash cows
by Atqnewsby AtqnewsWhile Nigerians are fixated with assuaging their palate with wild animals’ meat, in the local parlance called bush meat, in Rwanda, the …