Sunday, November 27, 2011

For Inspiration....

Love a bit of Natural History on a Sunday. Amazing images.

 ©Brent Stirton (website)

©Brian Skerry (website)
Posted by Polskey at 11:54 PM
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  1. below is a bit information about gorillas shot.
    :)
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    Year2007 , 1st prize on WORLD PRESS PHOTO
    Category: Contemporary Issue
    Photographer Brent Stirton
    Nationality South Africa
    Images for Newsweek

    Country: Congo
    Place: Virunga National Park
    Caption Conservation rangers evacuate the bodies of four mountain gorillas found shot in the forest. The highly endangered gorillas live in an area beset with conflict. Rebel leaders in the region maintain that the Congolese government is collaborating with the Hutu-led FDLR (Democratic Liberation Forces of Rwanda), which was accused of involvement in the 1994 genocide against Tutsis in Rwanda. Rebel militia have entered the national park in pursuit of FDLR fighters who they say are hiding there. It is not always clear who is attacking the gorillas, but a number have been killed in ways that parallel human executions during the Rwandan genocide. Some are eaten as bush-meat. The gorillas' habitat is also being destroyed as both militia and illegal charcoal-makers are cutting down trees. There are an estimated 700 mountain gorillas remaining worldwide. More than half of these live in Virunga, where at least nine were killed during 2007. Rangers trying to protect gorillas have also come under attack.

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