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such as Uganda, or even that of a district, such as Rwanda, to take it upon themselves to impose
rulers in Kinshasa and to invade, occupy, and loot the territory of their giant neighbour” (214).
197
They gave him further
Stearns,
Dancing in the Glory of Monsters
, 201.
197
They believe that
Turner,
The Congo Wars
, 10, 12. In building his argument for the Congolese
distrust of outsiders, Turner cites Kevin C. Dunn,
Imagining the Congo
, 172.
198
Today, given the Congolese's
Prunier,
Africa's World War
, 153-54.
198
suspending political parties
Stearns,
Dancing in the Glory of Monsters
, 167-69, 176.
198
The RDC massacred
Ibid., 212.
201
Park guards were equipped
Paul Raffaele discusses the military situation in the Virungas in
Among the Great Apes: Adventures on the Trail of Our Closest Relatives
(New York: Harper
Collins, 2010) 62-67.
201
But as he argued with
As much as from the bushmeat markets, André learned about the wildlife
because of the gifts that villages gave him when he protected them from military predation. This
was how he discovered the presence of okapis, which, like bonobos, were not thought to live in
the area. That he'd received okapi skins as gifts made the job of asking the villagers not to hunt
them extremely delicate. He spent time with local leaders, gradually introducing them to the idea
of endangered species. After a number of meetings, several villages agreed to sign accords against
hunting okapis, elephants, and bonobos. He knew that the population was poor, that they had no
other resources, so he asked them only to limit the number of animals of other species that they
hunted. Gradually, the villagers even began reporting to him when soldiers hunted the protected
species so that he could stop them.
Defending the Vocation
204
He focused on bonobos
Research supports the theory that humans can contract diseases from
eating primates. In
Eating Apes
, Dale Peterson writes: “The notion that chimpanzee SIV was the
origin of HIV-1 has today become more or less accepted dogma, increasingly confirmed as the
viral examination of wild chimpanzees continues and the evidence expands. The news alerted
medical professionals about the importance of bushmeat as a potential route of viral transmis-
sion” (102). See also Nathan D. Wolfe et al., “Naturally Acquired Simian Retrovirus Infections in
Central African Hunters,”
Lancet
363 (March 20, 2004): 932-37,
http://www.jhsph.edu/research/
Nathan Wolfe, “Where Will the Next Pandemic Come From?”
Wall Street Journal
, October 8,
SB1000142405297020347é804576615133333388072.html?KEYWORDS=Where+Will+The+Next+Pandemic+Come+From
;
Anne W. Rimoin et al., “Major Increase in Human Monkeypox Incidence 30 Years After Smallpox
Vaccination Campaigns Cease in the Democratic Republic of Congo,”
Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
107 no. 37 (September 14, 2010): 16262-67,
http://www.pnas.org/content/107/37/16262.full
; HaoQiang Zheng et al., “Emergence of a Novel
and Highly Divergent HTLV-3 in a Primate Hunter in Cameroon,”
Virology
401 no. 2 (June 5,
2010): 137-45,
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20353873
.
206
As soon as Jean-Marie
The funding came through the US Fish and Wildlife Service from the
Great Ape Conservation Fund and was allocated to Sankuru as part of the Bonobo Peace Forest.
208
They discussed the RCD
Speaking of this now, Michel sees both points of view: “André un-
derstands that Kabila was doing the same thing as Mobutu, so they had to act quickly to get rid
of him. [André] represented Lodja and restored control to the people, and everyone there speaks
well of him. . . . He helped the population get back to work and form committees and make peace.
He met with local authorities to discuss democracy and helped people increase production. Given
