Congo Hippos Face Extinction From Poachers
The Record, Bergen County, NJ › October 23, 2006
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DAKAR, Senegal The last remaining hippos in eastern Congo face extinction and could be wiped out in many parts of a national park by the end of the year because of intense poaching by militiamen, conservationists said Saturday.
The first two weeks of this month alone saw more than 400 hippos slaughtered in lawless Virunga National Park, which was once home to one of Central Africa's greatest hippopotamus populations, the Zoological Society of London said on its Web site.See the full content of this document
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