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2,000 Elephants Missing
Elephants in Zakouma National Park, the last stronghold for the savanna elephants of Central Africa’s Sahel region, now hover at about 1,000 animals, down from an estimated 3,000 in 2006. Ivory poachers using automatic weapons have decimated elephant...Cambodia Conservation Area Contains Tens of Thousands of Threatened Monkeys
A WCS report reveals surprisingly large populations of two globally threatened primates in a protected area in Cambodia. The report counted 42,000 black-shanked douc langurs along with 2,500 yellow-cheeked crested gibbons in Cambodia’s Seima Biodiversity...Consortium From Italy to Invest in Agriculture, Livestock in Congo
An Italian-based consortium affiliated to the confederation of energy of the European Union (EU), has pledged to invest in agriculture and livestock in Congo, a financial agreement signed Wednesday in Brazzaville, by the company’s leader Giuseppe...Huge Pangolin Haul in Indonesia Shows Crackdown Illegal Trade is Working
Indonesian officers last week raided the warehouse of a suspected illegal wildlife trader in Palembang, South Sumatra and uncovered 14 tonnes of Malay Pangolins Manis javanica, leading to the arrests of 14 people.Bison Can Thrive Again, Study Says
Bison can repopulate large areas from Alaska to Mexico over the next 100 years provided a series of conservation and restoration measures are taken, according to continental assessment of this iconic species by the Wildlife Conservation Society and other...French Agency Gives 500 Million Francs to Protect Cameroon Gorillas
The French Development Agency (AFD) has granted CFAF500 million (US1, 218, 090) to Cameroon to help protect big apes in the Den Deng Forest (east of the country), an official source told APA on Tuesday.Are Ice Age Relics the Next Casualty of Climate Change?
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) recently launched a four-year study to determine if climate change is affecting populations of a quintessential Arctic denizen: the rare musk ox. Along with collaborators from the National Park Service, U. S. Geological...Massive Study of Madagascar Wildlife Released
Using data from thousands of species of lemurs, frogs, geckos, butterflies, ants, and plants, scientists from the Bronx Zoo-based Wildlife Conservation Society, University of California, Berkeley and other organizations have completed an analytical colossus...
