After a Long Demise Due to Poaching, Virunga's Hippos Climbing Back
Thursday, November 3, 2016 - 14:51
in Earth & Climate
NEW YORK (November 3, 2016)--Recent surveys for hippos in Virunga National Park--the oldest protected area in Africa--have found that the beleaguered behemoths are finally recovering from decades of poaching and habitat loss in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to researchers from the Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature (ICCN) and WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) who conducted the research.