A very rare sight from Kabobo Wildlife Reserve in Democratic Republic of Congo. This footage shows the Foa’s red colobus—the first ever of this Endangered species. The species used to occur in a relatively large area in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Nowadays, the Kabobo Wildlife Reserve may be the only location where they continue to exist. The Foa’s Red Colobus is a true forest species. It tends to live in large, noisy groups and does not flee from humans, making it easy to

The Detroit Zoological Society leads and supports wildlife conservation efforts on six continents, including conducting population studies of penguins in Antarctica and the Falkland Islands, rescuing and rehabilitating gorillas in the Democratic Republic of Congo, assessing the status of snow leopards and red pandas in China and Nepal, and rearing and releasing nearly extinct toads in the U.S. and abroad. With so many species threatened or endangered around the world, we are standing up to extin

The Ituri forest in the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo is rich in wildlife and important mineral resources. Find out how the Sustainable Wildlife Management Programme is trying to reduce pressures on the Reserve and improve food security 👇 #SWMprogramme | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)