Another great piece of news for you all! We have just seen and identified Lulengo and his family. You may remember that Lulengo, the Silverback, was last seen in August 2007 during the census and that at that time the family had 4 individuals, including Lulengo himself. He had managed to obtain a family after fighting with Pili-Pili, who of course is now in the Rugendo Family. Before August 2007 Lulengo had been missing since January 2007.

Today the Lulengo family has 7 individuals – Lulengo himself, 4 females and 2 babies. We are also happy to report they are all in good health, and about 12km in from the patrol post at Bikenge.

So now, in terms of progress with the census, we have the Rugendo Family with 9 individuals (including 2 Silverbacks), the Humba Family with 10 individuals, the Kabirizi Family with 33 individuals (Kangugo and Gasusa still missing), and the solitary Karateka… That is 60 individuals officially identified to date since we started the census 4 weeks ago. We are making steady progress and hope to continue providing you with good news in the days to come!