Washoe, world-famous chimpanzee believed to be the first animal to learn a human language, has died at the age of 42. Washoe could use about 250 distinctive American Sign Language signs, said Deborah Fouts, director of the university's Chimpanzee and Human Communication Institute, where Washoe lived.
In Africa, the unsustainable bushmeat trade is wiping out wildlife including gorillas, chimpanzees, antelopes and many other species. More than one million tons of bushmeat is taken from Central Africa each year.
Bushmeat Crisis Task Force - http://www.bushmeat.org/
The Bushmeat Project - http://bushmeat.net/
Rangers in Virunga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have arrested two men in possession of a dead juvenile mountain gorilla.
Four rare mountain gorillas, including an alpha-male silverback, were shot dead at Congo's Virunga National Park, conservationists said Thursday.
