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Stop Dominion and SOCO From Drilling in Virunga National Park

Posted by: Julian, 10. January 2011 - 14:00
Source: http://www.change.org
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Virunga National Park, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, is Africa's oldest national park and home to a variety of iconic and rare species, including hippos, chimpanzees, elephants and birds.

It is also home to the endangered mountain gorilla. About 200 mountain gorillas live in the park. That's about a quarter of the entire population of mountain gorillas, which is spread among three other national parks.

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