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Entries for 'Francis Okeke'
(June 12, 2014)
By Alex Abutu, 4 June 2014
The Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee is the rarest and most endangered of four subspecies of chimpanzee currently found in Africa. Man's closest living relative, the ape is fully protected by Nigerian law, and now by communities also.
When a chimpanzee was recently killed by a hunter in the Mbe Mountains, the entire community of Bamba LGA, Cross River State, rose to protest the killing. Led by their chief, Vincent O. Mkpe, the community quickly identified the hunte...
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(June 04, 2014)
By Alex Abutu, 28 May 2014
Yankari Game Reserve contains the largest surviving
contingent of elephants in Nigeria and West Africa but, of late,
these animals have been subjected to ill treatment, including killing them for
the thriving ivory market in Asia.The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)
recently entered into a strategic partnership with the Bauchi State government
to manage the conservation of Yankari Game Reserve.A statement by WCS said the
Society signed a four-year agreem...
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(June 04, 2014)
Written by Anietie Akpan, Calabar
WITH African elephant
becoming endangered species due to poaching by hunters, a conservation group - Wildlife Conservation Society
(WCS) has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Bauchi state
government to preserve Yankari Game Reserve and protect elephants within the
area. Bauchi is a key protected area in
Nigeria that contains the largest remaining population of elephants in the
nation and one of the largest in West Africa. ...
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(March 24, 2014)
Adam Vaughan
The world’s rarest gorilla, which is believed to be down to less than 300 remaining individuals, can be saved with a $10.5m action plan, conservationists say.
The Cross River gorilla (Gorilla gorilla diehli) lives in a hilly rainforest area around 12,000 sq km in size along the Nigeria-Cameroon border, regarded as a globally significant “biodiversity hotspot.” It is the rarest of four gorilla sub-species and is listed as critically endangered.
But experts at ...
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