by Duncan | Dec 18, 2013 | Advocates, Mammals
John Lukas—President of The Okapi Conservation Project—describes some of the key traits of this distinctive-looking, fascinating animal found only in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The okapi is often referred to as elusive—Lukas used the adjective...
by Duncan | Oct 2, 2013 | Advocates, Captive Exotic, Educators, Primates, Sanctuaries
Claudine André—a Belgian conservationist who in 1994 founded Lola Ya Bonobo, the world’s only sanctuary for orphaned bonobos, located in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)—provides an overview of bonobos… What they are (great apes with a much lower profile than...