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Monday, November 23, 2009

Photo: Inside the Gorilla Wars: Rangers on Risking It All


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Wildlife rangers Innocent Buranumwa, left, and Diddy Mwanaki have patrolled Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for more than a decade. Working under the threat of attack and sometimes without rations or pay, they help monitor and protect the park's endangered mountain gorilla population.

Photograph courtesy Virunga National Park/ICCN