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Los Angeles Zoo helps YoG fundraise |
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Monday, 03 August 2009 08:41 |
 The Los Angeles Zoo has created an online donations mechanism to help the YoG fundraise for select gorilla conservation projects. To see the details, go to http://www.lazoo.org/conservation/yog/.
The Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association’s involvement in the YoG is part of the Los Angeles Zoo’s continuing efforts to educate the public about threatened species like gorillas through the Zoo's Gorilla Campo Reserve where visitors can learn about these intelligent and powerful primates.
Your contribution to this specific fund will support wild gorilla conservation in Africa. The YoG conservation projects funded through this international campaign encompass all gorilla species and subspecies and will include:
- Promoting local African communities’ awareness, education, and participation in gorilla conservation,
- Providing fuel-efficient stoves to local African communities to reduce firewood and charcoal harvesting in gorilla habitat,
- Supporting conservation-relevant gorilla research,
- Offering sanctuary for gorillas confiscated in the fight against illegal trafficking,
- Rebuilding and strengthening protection and surveillance in key protected areas inhabited by gorillas, and
- Increasing wildlife law enforcement in African countries where gorillas live.
To find out more about the YoG projects, click here.
If you have specific questions about the Los Angeles Zoo’s participation in the YoG, please contact Laurel Colton: +1 323/256-8406 or
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Scientists find new strain of HIV in gorillas |
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Monday, 03 August 2009 08:35 |
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Gorillas have been found, for the first time, to be a source of HIV. Researchers have discovered an HIV infection in a Cameroonian woman which is clearly linked to a gorilla strain. According to researcher Dr. David Robertson, there's no reason to believe this virus will present any new problems. Though it was a new type of HIV, current drugs might still help combat its effects. HIV originated from a similar virus in chimpanzees called Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV). The virus probably originally jumped to humans after people came into contact with infected bush meat. To read the full article and for more background information, click here (link to BBC News). |
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Friday, 31 July 2009 12:47 |
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 With the annual Kwita Izina gorilla naming ceremony over for 2009, major newspaper The Ugandan Independent has published a comprehensive article on this event and its implications for the conservation of gorillas.
Read the full article here. Background: Kwita Izina is a cherished Rwandan tradition where newborn children are named. For five years, however, Rwanda has extended the naming tradition to gorillas as a way of improving its monitoring of individual gorillas and the groups they belong to. It is the government’s way of raising awareness at the national and international level about the protection of the mountain gorillas and their habitat. For a great movie on gorillas, click here (link to Explore.org). |
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The Revealed gorilla project helps YoG fundraise |
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Tuesday, 21 July 2009 13:12 |
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Through their E-Shop which sells a variety of gorilla merchandise, Czech Radio project 'The Revealed' has agreed to support the fundraising efforts in the Year of the Gorilla. 50% of profits made through purchases will be donated to a conservation project for the protection of the last remaining Cross River Gorillas - the rarest Great Ape species! Background: A few years ago, an unusual reality show came into being, initiated by Czech Radio. It was a reaction to the boom of container reality shows such as ‘Big Brother’. In this slightly different reality show the stars were the Prague Zoo gorillas, Richard, Shinda, Kijivu, Moja and later Kamba. Apart from live broadcasts on the internet, there was also a summary of what happened in the “villa” for TV and people voted for their favourite gorilla. The program quickly became very popular. |
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New WAZA magazine focuses on gorilla conservation |
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Tuesday, 21 July 2009 11:47 |
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 The new WAZA Magazine (11/2009) features a variety of essays on topics important for the conservation of gorillas, from ape trade to ecotourism and poverty alleviation, and more.
It can be ordered (just send an envelope with appropriate postage) from WAZA Executive Office, Lindenrain 3, CH3012 Bern, Switzerland For enquiries phone: +41 31 300 2030 To view the magazine as Pdf, click here. |
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