The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, July 16th, 2004
Farmers in Congo threaten rare gorillas' habitat Wall goes up to protect them, if only as symbol By DANIEL BALINT-KURTI Associated Press Friday, July 16, 2004 Kinshasa, Congo -- Farmers have overrun thousands of acres in Congo's oldest national park, the latest threat to more than half the world's 700 remaining mountain gorillas, conservationists and park workers say. Stacking lava rocks, 200 workers are building a wall at the Rwandan border of Virunga National Park in a desperate effort to stop farmers, fighters and refugees from sweeping into the home of the endangered primates. After ...
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