Friday, February 13, 2015

"Virunga," film on besieged African park, bids for Oscar

FILE - In this picture taken Sunday Aug. 2, 2012, Virunga National Park rangers follow Dodi the two-year-old blood hound during a search and rescue exercise in the park, some 45 kms north of Coma, eastern Congo. Virunga National Park is where virtually every rebellion in eastern Congo in the past 30 years has started, and its endangered mountain gorillas, are facing increasing threats. "Virunga", the movie, is a nominee for best documentary feature, whose executive producer is Leonardo DiCaprio, is getting high-profile attention ahead of the Feb. 22 2015 Oscar awards in Hollywood. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) JOHANNESBURG (AP) — "They are my life," a ranger in Central Africa says of endangered mountain gorillas in his care.








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