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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

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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

Gorilla Trekking Rules

No Summer Tourism for the Virunga National Park

No Summer Tourism for the Virunga National Park

Gorilla Trekking Rules

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

Baby Mountain Gorilla in the Rugendo Family Killed

Baby Mountain Gorilla in the Rugendo Family Killed

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It is with sadness that I must report the death a Janja’s baby, Burungani. A week ago, we received news the Rugendo family was eating maize and sorghum crops outside the park near Sarambwe. Such behavior puts the mountain gorillas in grave danger of being injured or killed by angry villagers, so rangers from the

New Volcano Eruption Trek

New Volcano Eruption Trek

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On the evening of 6 November, Nyamulagira volcano erupted in a spectacular display of fire, ash, and lava, lighting up the sky in bright orange. By day five, warden Emmanuel de Merode, and Tourism Director Cai Tjeenk Willink had organized a new trek for tourists to the eruption site following a safety approval from volcanologist

Kabirizi Gorilla

Monitoring the Virunga Mountain Gorilla Families

Monitoring the Virunga Mountain Gorilla Families

Kabirizi Gorilla

In the last few weeks, the rangers and I have been working hard to do a complete assessment of our six habituated gorilla families. We included six new rangers in the survey process for training purposes as many will be deployed in the gorilla sector eventually. Some gorilla families are much easier to access than

Gorilla Traffickers Arrested

Key Members of Baby Mountain Gorilla Traffickers Arrested

Key Members of Baby Mountain Gorilla Traffickers Arrested

Gorilla Traffickers Arrested

Congo Wildlife Authorities arrested two men believed to be key members of a baby mountain gorilla trafficking group following an undercover investigation by Virunga National Park rangers and other Congolese government security services. The two men, arrested in Goma yesterday, have been charged with illegal trafficking an endangered species. The operation followed the recovery of