Chimpanzee and gorilla heads and body parts seized in Gabon

Five people were arrested for the cache which included the head and hands of an endangered gorilla, 12 chimpanzee heads and 30 chimpanzee hands. WWF called for a tough judicial approach to act as a deterrent. Africa's wildlife is often poached for the profitable bushmeat trade or for use in traditional good luck charms. Gabon's rainforests teem with wildlife, including lowland gorillas and forest elephants - and national parks make up around one tenth of the country.

Read more at BBC News Africa

Danger to Great Barrier Reef from Queensland Flooding

Marine life in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef could be at risk from the effects of intense flooding across Queensland, environmental officials stressed in a 10 January statement.

The flood waters are carrying toxic material into the Reef, and turtles and corals alike could suffer as a result.

“Toxic pollution from flooded farms and towns along the Queensland coast will have a disastrous impact on the Great Barrier Reefs corals and will likely have a significant impact on dugongs, turtles and other marine life”, the WWF (World Wildlife Fund) stated---ENVIRO NEWS' 

Orphaned gorillas find a safe haven

“Called GRACE (Gorilla Rehabilitation and Conservation Education), the center’s goal is to teach orphaned gorillas how to survive in the wild as a new, self-sufficient “family,” with the longer-term goal to release them into a natural habitat in a neighboring forest in the Congo Basin.”
Read more at http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/12/17/grace.gorillas.congo/

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