Well, we said we’d be sharing monthly links. The last ones came in December. But rest assured, there is not tons of news online for bonobos or elephants. If we did miss something, do share! Here we are in the meantime:
The bonobo sanctuary in Kinshasa has been hit by a virus. Vanessa keeps her blog [...]
Okapi in Epulu, the administrative center of the Okapi Reserve. Photo by Kim Gjerstad.
The okapi, or rainforest giraffe, lives only in Congo and is most abundant in the rich forests just northwest of the Rwenzori Mountain. This shy, solitary animal probably reaches its highest density in the Okapi Reserve which contained, before the recent civil [...]
An okapi in the enclosure at Epulu in the Ituri Forest, the Okapi Reserve. Photo by Kim Gjerstad
Okapis are solitary.
Where we studied them, the Ituri Forest, a single female Okapi would range over approximately 2 sq mi (5-7 sq km) of forest that was uniquely her “own”. All her food comes from this bit [...]
Kim Gjerstad, a great friend, puts together our “links-posts” for us. He just sent this:
We are sharing links now for the third consecutive month. These are the few pages on the Internet that grasped our attention. If you see anything online regarding okapis, bonobos or bushmeat, let us know !
First off, the New York Times’s [...]
The Congo is second home since 1974 when I came as Peace Corps teacher to what was then Zaire. It was here that John and I decided to marry, and it was here that two of our three daughters were born. We finished our educations – John with a doctorate in wildlife ecology and mine in plant ecology – then back to Congo and full-time working with Congolese for conservation of their last wildlife-rich forests.
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