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World’s most endangered gorilla fights back
In the wake of a study that documented for the first time the use of weaponry by Cross River gorillas to ward off threats by humans, the Wildlife Conservation Society announced today new field surveys to better protect this most endangered great ape. The study, published earlier this year in the Journal of Primatology, found…
Conservationists Fear Cross River Gorillas Nearing Extinction
Buea, Cameroon – Wildlife conservationists have expressed fears that if nothing serious is done to rescue the 300 Cross River gorillas left in the world, they would soon be extinct. This was the preoccupation of some local and international wildlife artists who gathered at the Limbe Wildlife Centre recently, to come out with paintings depicting…
World Renowned Artist Paints in Limbe Wildlife Centre
Limbe, Cameroon – Daniel Taylor, a high realism wildlife artists based in Canada, will paint in Limbe Wildlife Centre from 15-18 November 2007. Visitors will have free entrance to the centre during this period. On the 15th of November a creative art workshop will be held for and with Cameroonian artists, featuring the Cross River…
Artist’s Expedition To Be First Time World’s Most Endangered Primate will be Sketched in Wild
Vancouver, B.C., CANADA — The Artists for Conservation Foundation (AFC), is pleased to announce its sixth fellowship involving a grant of $5,000 US, under the AFC Flag Expeditions Program, awarded to wildlife artist Daniel Taylor, of Coquitlam, BC, Canada. The objective of the AFC’s Flag Expeditions Program is to make possible the artistic field study…