Another newborn baby found in the Kabirizi group, bringing the total to 4 newborns identified in this group alone. This is quite unprecedented and brings the growth rate of this family close to 30% a year. The natural growth for a healthy gorilla populations is more like 6%. So we’re shocked and delighted at this
Young Gorilla Found Alone 2 Kilometers Outside Virunga NP
A few nights ago we received a call from the head of Bikenge patrol post, who told us a very young male gorilla was found alone in a cornfield two kilometers outside the park in the village of Kasura. Our rangers ended up spending the night in the cornfield protecting the baby because they needed
Buffalo Killing
A few days ago our deputy warden of the southern sector, Sekibibi, received a message that a buffalo had been slaughtered in Kahunga, a troublesome wildlife corridor where some of our elephants have been killed. Sekibibi took seven of our rangers to the site to collect the poachers and burn the meat, but they were
Regional Efforts to Tackle Human-wildlife Conflicts
Mountain Gorillas, hippos and various bird species are some of the most common tourist attractions in Virunga National Park. The well protected Agashya family of mountain Gorillas frolick in dense undergrowth at the Virunga National park. The park covers approximately790, 000 hectares of forest in the three countries of Rwanda, Uganda the Democratic Republic of
Search for Missing Mountain Gorillas to Begin in Virunga Park After 2 Months of War
Search for Missing Mountain Gorillas to Begin in Virunga Park After 2 Months of War
2012-07-19T13:19:43+00:00
News
Despite of the ongoing civil war in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the government authorities and M23 rebel commanders have authorized the park’s rangers to search for the missing gorilla families in rebel-held territory in the Mountain Gorilla Sector of Congo’s Virunga National Park. On Tuesday 24 July, a team of 45 rangers will
No Summer Tourism for the Virunga National Park
Unfortunately the situation at the Virungas National Park here in DR Congo still doesn’t look very good. As you might know, the last couple of months have been very difficult since a militia called M23 occupied the territory, threatening the security of the mountain gorillas living in the park. The situation has degraded further now