2009: The Year of the Gorilla

Posted on January 18, 2009 by nothoney

I should’ve posted this sooner, it’s been sitting in my drafts for a couple of weeks, but here’s more information on the Year of the Gorilla from the official Web site. The idea of creating a year devoted to gorilla conservation belongs to the following groups: the UNEP Convention on Migratory Species (CMS), the UNEP/UNESCO [...]

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Gimme Shelter: A Short Film About the Horrors in Congo

Posted on December 18, 2008 by nothoney

Ben Affleck and Mick Jagger have teamed to create a short film that highlights some of the horrors of life in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It seems to me that Darfur gets all the news and that’s not right because about 5 million people have died in conflicts in Congo in the past few [...]

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Wildlife Direct for the Holidays!

Posted on December 10, 2008 by nothoney

If you’re looking for the perfect holiday gift this year, why not send a gift donation to Wildlife Direct? You’ll get a cute certificate in return and help conservationists in the field in Africa, South America, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, and other countries. Instead of giving more stuff, give something that matters this year. It’ll make [...]

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Happy Thanksvegan!

Posted on November 27, 2008 by nothoney

It’s Thanksgiving Day here in the U.S. where we annually celebrate the arrival of white Europeans at Plymouth Rock (or thereabouts) and the beginning of subjugation and attempted extinction of the indigenous peoples and their culture. We do this by slaughtering about 50 million turkeys for just ONE DAY. That said there are many things [...]

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Nkunda’s Rebels Attack Rangers at Rumangabo Station

Posted on October 26, 2008 by nothoney

I got this news late today because I was out hiking and didn’t check the innernets. It’s very bad news from the official Web site of Virunga National Park: Fighting at Rumangabo started at 0400 today between the rebels of Laurent Nkunda and the army. It has now totally engulfed the park station and our [...]

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Two Die in Attack on WWF Vehicle in Virunga National Park

Posted on July 9, 2008 by nothoney

Pierre from Wildlife Direct has posted bad news on the Gorilla Protection blog. Earlier today two people were killed and several wounded when Mai Mai attacked a WWF vehicle. Pierre writes that one of the women killed was the wife of “Kasereka Matembela, from the Advanced Force of Rangers based in Mutsora,” and an 18-year-old [...]

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