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Gorilla 100 - History of the Mountain Gorilla
Sabinyo volcano which are named Gorilla gorilla beringei by Matschie in 1903. 1925 Carl Akeley, an American naturalist convinces his Majesty Albert, King of Belgium, to create the Albert National ...
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Mountain Gorilla, Article by Adrian Warren - page 4 of 6
Gorilla (Gorilla g. beringei), Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda A number of expeditions followed, notably that of Carl Akeley who, in 1921 went to the Virunga Mountains to collect Mountain Gorilla specimens for ... five gorillas which still form an important exhibit in New York. Following his expedition, Carl Akeley urged the Belgian Government to set up a permanent sanctuary for the mountain gorillas, ...
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Mountain Gorilla, Article by Adrian Warren - page 5 of 6
It is perhaps curiously symbolic to the dedication of both Carl Akeley and Dian Fossey that they both died and were buried here in the Virungas; Dian ... to the graves of "Digit" and other gorillas that died during her time there; and Akeley at Kabara, in Zaire, following an during a return expedition in 1926. Karisoke still functions ...
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