Endangered creatures return home more than a decade after violent attack: 'Having them in our forests is a great source of pride'

Endangered creatures return home more than a decade after violent attack: 'Having them in our forests is a great source of pride'

After a violent attack on humans and okapi in 2012, the first okapi are being brought back to the Okapi Wildlife Reserve in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as reported by Mongabay.  "Having them in our forests is a great source of pride," said Dieudonné Lossa, a member of the local community and provincial coordinator of the REDD+ climate working group. Photo Credit: iStock Rangers at the reserve, in partnership with the Okapi Conservation Pr…