Virunga Forest News Today

Justin Rowlatt finds out what gorilla conservation can teach us about protecting other species.

6 rangers killed in "devastating" attack on Congo gorilla sanctuary By Debora Patta 6 rangers killed in mountain gorilla sanctuary It was a routine patrol around 7:30 a.m. on Sunday when six rangers working at Virunga National Park in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo were ambushed by a local militia group. The attack is the latest in the part of eastern Congo home to some of the worlds last mountain gorillas. "Its devastating," Parks Director Emmanuel De Merode told ...