After a month of intelligence gathering and undercover work a team of our rangers moved in on an ivory trafficking ring in Goma yesterday. The outcome was successful with ivory seized and two key traffickers arrested. The operation proved incredibly difficult, requiring sensitive coordination on both sides of the battlefront. The plan was to carry
The Gorilla Baby Boom Continues
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
The Baby Boom Continues in Virunga Park
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