- Karl Ammann
Karl Ammann (born in 1948 in
St. Gallen ,Switzerland ) is a conservationist and wildlife photographer who has spent most of his career in theCongo basin .Ammann started his career in
Africa as a photographer in the early 1980's, photographingcheetah s, but later turned to work ongreat ape s. In 1988, he became witness to thebushmeat trade, and has since worked hard to bring the trade and it's effect (particularly on great apes) to the attention of the conservation community and the world. Using his photography skills, he has taken pictures of the victims of the bushmeat trade that to many where chocking and revolting, and he has been accused of exaggerating the problems. With the publishing of the books "Eating Ape" (with Dale Peterson) and "Consuming Nature", the problem has come to the attention of the world.In his years working in Congo, Ammann has also produced images of a hereto unknown Ape of large proportions. The animal, not yet fully investigated is called the
Bili Ape , and is apparently a divergent form ofchimpanzee , about the size of gorillas.Karl Ammann appeared on
Time Magazine 's list of "Heroes of the Environment " October 2007.cite web | url = http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1663317_1663320_1669914,00.html | title = Karl Ammann - Heroes of the Environment | work =TIME | month = October | year = 2007]References
External links
* [http://www.karlammann.com/ Karl Ammann] - website
* [http://www.bushmeat.org/ Bushmeat Crisis Task Force site]
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