Group: Congo Park Hippos Face Extinction
October 23rd, 2006
A hippo grazes in the marshy Ruzizi River that flows north out of Lake Tanganyika between Burundi and Congo in this Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2003 file photo. The last remaining hippos in eastern Congo are facing extinction and could be wiped out in many parts of Virunga National Park -- situated near Congo's border with Rwanda -- by the end of the year if intense poaching by hungry militiamen continues, conservationists said. (AP Photos/Aloys Niyoyita)
(AP) -- The last remaining hippos in eastern Congo face extinction and could be wiped out in many parts of a national park by the end of the year due to intense poaching by militiamen, conservationists said Saturday.
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