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Anthrax Kills 50 Hippos In National Park, Residents Warned to Avoid Wildlife

The disease has been connected to the deaths of animals at Virunga National Park in Africa's Democratic Republic of the Congo Virunga National Park/Handout via REUTERS Anthrax has been connected to ...
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Anthrax kills 50 hippos in Congo's Virunga National Park

(Reuters) -At least 50 hippos and other large animals have been killed by anthrax poisoning in eastern Congo's Virunga National Park and have been spotted floating along a major river that feeds one ...
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Rare mountain gorilla twins born in Congo's Virunga Park: 'It’s kind of miraculous'

Mafuko, a 22-year-old mountain gorilla, was spotted holding twins, which the park says are both male. Virunga National Park With just over 1,000 mountain gorillas left in the wild, any evidence of ...
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At least 50 hippos found poisoned at Africa’s oldest national park

(WJW) – At least 50 hippos and other large animals were found dead due to anthrax poisoning in eastern Congo’s Virunga National Park. According to Reuters, Virunga National Park Director Emmanuel De ...
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50 hippos die from anthrax poisoning at premier African national park: report

Roughly 50 hippopotamuses at Africa’s premier nature reserve died from anthrax poisoning, according to park officials. The naturally occurring form of anthrax took down the behemoths in the Democratic ...
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One person, dozens of animals dead of anthrax in Congo, officials say

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Early concerns of an anthrax outbreak were sparked by the deaths of dozens of buffaloes and hippos. More than 20 ...
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Rare gorilla twins spark hope in Congo’s Virunga Park

The mountain gorillas in the Democratic Republic of Congo share 98% of their DNA with humans. Hundreds of rangers and conservationists have spent decades risking their own lives to save this ...
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Twin Gorilla Births Bring Hope to Endangered Species

Twin births are incredibly rare for mountain gorillas, accounting for less than 1% of all births. Even more remarkable for mountain gorillas is two sets of twins born within three months to the same ...

David Attenborough’s ‘A Gorilla Story’ reveals a rare conservation success

In a new Netflix documentary, David Attenborough revisits the descendants of the gorilla family he first met in Rwanda almost ...
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‘Culture & nature are one’: Interview with Mudja Chief Bitini Ndiyanabo Kanane

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Bitini Ndiyanabo Kanane has been the customary chief of the Mudja community near Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo since ...
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Anthrax kills 50 hippos in DRC’s Virunga National Park

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