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May 03, 2007
Bloggers Bring Media Attention to African Gorillas
Bill Cleary is on the OnHollywood stage introducing a video about the endangered Gorillas on the Congo. Thanks to African bloggers on the ground for generating media attention, enough attention to put pressure on the poachers.
We see a video led by Dr. Richard Leakey, an anthropologist who talked about an organization called Wildlife Direct. In the Congo, there are only around 700 mountain gorillas left. It's amazing that these bloggers generated over 400 newspaper articles. Most definitely unusual on a technology social media conference stage.
May 3, 2007 in Conference Highlights, On Africa, On Blogging, On East Africa, Social Media | Permalink
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Thanks so much for the post. It really helps us to find support for the rangers in Congo, helping to protect the last mountain gorillas. There's an error on your link, which takes you to wildlife.org instead of wildlifedirect.org. If you want the gorilla blog, it's wildlifedirect.org/gorillaprotection.
Again, thanks so much. I've subscribed to your blog, we're learning about how to blog and how to make it work for African conservationists, so your advice is a great help...
Emmanuel de Merode, chief exec. WildlifeDirect
Posted by: Emmanuel | May 6, 2007 1:27:26 AM
Hey there - thanks for the correction. I'll fix the URL link and hey, I'm happy to help. I was actually in Uganda years ago and saw some of these gorillas with a few of the rangers before they opened it up to westerners. It was truly amazing. So yes, I'm a big believer in seeing them get protected.
Renee
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