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Baby Mountain Gorillas Named at Kwita Izina Ceremony
- 07/07/14
- Kigali, Rwanda
At Kwita Izina ceremony, 18 new baby gorillas receive names
Okavango Delta Named 1000th World Heritage Site
- 06/30/14
- Nairobi, Kenya
Inland delta is home to robust populations of elephants, lions, hippos, wild dogs, birds, and other species
No More Than 80,000 Giraffe Left in Africa
- 06/20/14
- Nairobi, Kenya
As the first-ever annual World Giraffe Day on June 21 approaches, world’s tallest land mammal threatened by conflict with humans, habitat loss, war, and disease
Elephant Bulls Survive First Poaching War, Not Second
- 06/18/14
- Nairobi, Kenya
Satao and Mountain Bull, two of Kenya’s most famous and longest-living elephant bulls, are latest victims of today’s brutal poaching war
Large-Scale Ivory Seizures in Africa Now Exceeding Those in Asia
- 06/16/14
- Nairobi, Kenya
More than 20,000 elephants were poached in Africa in 2013, but new report by international trade monitoring group suggests poaching is showing signs of leveling off, perhaps due to better law enforcement