Wartime Threatens Habitat and Lives of Gorillas

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Wisconsin SenatorRuss Feingold has successfully backed a Senate resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Democratic Republic of Congo.It’s hard to say when rebel and government forces in that African country will lay down their arms. But the longer the fighting continues, the more, animal conservation groups are worried about some endangered species in the tropical jungles on Congo’s eastern border. That’s where the U-S government and private donors are working to create east central Africa’s first rescue center exclusively for gorillas. Chuck Quirmbach reports…

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