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First-ever camera trap photos of a Cross River gorilla in Tofala Hill Wildlife Sanctuary

First-ever camera trap photos of a Cross River gorilla in Tofala Hill Wildlife Sanctuary

by crgadmin | Jul 3, 2022 | Camtrap, Conservation, News

First-ever camtrap photos of a Cross River gorilla in Tofala Hill Wildlife Sanctuary, Cameroon’s southernmost population of Cross River gorillas. Exciting new pictures showing a female of the world’s rarest gorilla subspecies, possibly pregnant. The Cross River...
Lebialem Highlands: Urgent Cross River Gorilla Conservation Priorities

Lebialem Highlands: Urgent Cross River Gorilla Conservation Priorities

by crgadmin | May 10, 2021 | Conservation, News

Biodiversity in the Lebialem Highlands is highly threatened, with IUCN Red List species such as the Gross River Gorilla, the Nigeria-Cameroon Chimpanzee and the African Forest Elephant unprotected due to two dreadful crises: the outbreak of the Cameroon Anglophone...
75,000 people call on Cameroon government to establish new Cross River Gorilla reserves

75,000 people call on Cameroon government to establish new Cross River Gorilla reserves

by crgadmin | Mar 11, 2014 | Campaigns

Nearly 75,000 people have signed a petition started by the African Conservation Foundation to support the establishment of a Cross River gorilla reserve in Cameroon. People from around the world expressed their concerns about the protected status of these critically...
New Conservation Complex Will Protect Critically Endangered Cross River Gorillas in the Cameroon Highlands

New Conservation Complex Will Protect Critically Endangered Cross River Gorillas in the Cameroon Highlands

by crgadmin | Jun 25, 2013 | Conservation

Estimates on the number of Cross River gorillas (Gorilla gorilla diehli) remaining is 250–300 in the wild. Their range is very fragmented. Due to human population growth and agricultural encroachment, the gorillas are being forced into higher altitudes with steep...
Cross River Gorilla Silverback Slaughtered in Cameroon

Cross River Gorilla Silverback Slaughtered in Cameroon

by crgadmin | Mar 24, 2013 | Conservation

A male Cross River Gorilla has been shot earlier this month in the Lebialem Highlands near Pinyin in the Santa Sub Division of North West Cameroon. The presence of this silverback gorilla was reported by a local teacher who was going to her farm very early in the...
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