来自MSN2 个月
Camera traps capture first glimpse of genetically distinct chimps in southwestern Nigeria
Open the Youtube video Camera traps at Ise captured the first video of a genetically unique Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee. Video courtesy of SWNDF The Ise Conservation Area, a small patch of ...
来自MSN1 个月
‘Some people will die’: Conversations with Nigeria’s gorilla hunters
Chimpanzees are also in a serious decline. The IUCN estimates that the total population of the Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes ellioti) now numbers fewer than 9,000, and likely fewer ...
Mongabay5 天
Mongabay investigation finds gorilla trade more widespread than previously thought
A Mongabay investigation has uncovered exclusive details about the clandestine market for gorilla and chimpanzee body parts in northeastern Nigeria, revealing that the trade works in a larger area ...
Premium Times8 天
Nigeria, Turkey collaborate to secure return of smuggled baby gorilla
The federal government reaffirms its commitment to biodiversity conservation and the protection of endangered wildlife ...
Vanguard13 天
C’River: Customs arrest wildlife trafficker with 346 rare bird heads, other specimens
By Ike Uchechukwu, Calabar The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) has arrested a wildlife trafficker in Cross River State with 346 rare and exotic bird heads, along with other animal specimens. The ...
Vanguard15 天
International Day of Forests: FG, stakeholders urged to save Nigeria’s forests
This park shelters Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzees, drill monkeys, forest elephants, and the critically endangered Cross River gorilla. However, illegal logging, agricultural encroachment ...