Okapi Wildlife Reserve
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How it came to be
The Okapi Wildlife Reserve, covering about a fifth of the Ituri Forest in north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, was created in 1992. It protects the home of several thousand wild okapis.
Nomadic Mbuti and Efe hunters live in the forest, alongside Bantu farmers. The reserve was inscribed in 1996 and placed on the danger list in 1997, where it remains.
On 24 June 2012 Mai-Mai rebels led by Paul Sadala attacked the Epulu centre. All 14 of its okapis died, and six people were killed, two of them wildlife rangers. The centre was rebuilt about a year later.
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