Attacks on Tourists Imperil Gorillas. From: Animals | Date: May 1, 1999 | COPYRIGHT 1999 Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Conservationists are urging the United States to take a hand in wiping out the type of terrorism that killed eight visitors to Uganda in March and shut down the mountain gorilla tourism trade, further jeopardizing these rare animals.

Clare Richardson, executive director of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International, has requested not military might but communications equipment, training, and support to help national-park guards in Uganda, Rwanda, and Congo better prevent...

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