Going Viral: IGCP Launches New Interactive Website
Unveiling a new era for communicating its work to practitioners and the public alike, the International Gorilla Conservation Programme (IGCP) has announced an entirely new website, which goes “live” on Tuesday, August 25th. Opening during the UN Convention on Migratory Species designated Year of the Gorilla, the... Read more »
Gorillas Believed To Be Safe As National Park Fire Extinguished
The Rwanda National Park Service, local authorities, community members, police and a cadre of soldiers are battling a fire in Volcanoes National Park accidentally set by a local beekeeper. The fire started when Serugendo Faustin set down an implement used to drive away bees. On Saturday morning July 18th, Faustin... Read more »
Increase in DRC Habituated Mountain Gorilla Population
IGCP has played an integral role in a recently completed survey of the habituated gorillas in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Virunga National Park, which revealed that despite continued conflict in and around the Park, the habituated gorilla population has actually increased in the past two years. With support... Read more »
Mysterious Gorilla Death in Bwindi Under Investigation
An adult female gorilla in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda has died under mysterious circumstances. The female, named Kasongo, was from the Mubare gorilla family, which is habituated and visited by tourists. On the evening of March 6th, Kasongo was found dead on public land near the Bwindi Park headquarters... Read more »
Gorillas Likely to Get a Boost as Rangers Return
Gorillas in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Virunga National Park have been given a boost as up to 70 rangers have returned to their posts, with the intention of resuming monitoring activities. The rangers were forced to flee in October 2008 when intense fighting in the area’s civil conflict broke out, leading... Read more »
IGCP Provides Emergency Funding in Congo for Gorilla Protection
IGCP has recently provided upwards of $50,000 to the Congolese national park authority to help ensure mountain gorillas in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Virunga National Park are protected from the ravages of war. The complex conflict in the Congo, which has been simmering for years, recently erupted... Read more »
Fighting in the Congo Rages While IGCP Moves to Protect Park Rangers
In a renewed flurry of fighting in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the army of rebel leader Laurent Nkunda has seized the important Congolese army camp of Rumangabo on the border with Virunga National Park, leading to the evacuation of rangers who protect the gorillas. This latest flare up of tensions... Read more »
Baby Gorilla Seized from Traffickers
A two year old female Eastern Lowland Gorilla has been seized from traffickers in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The DRC park authority (ICCN: Congolese Institute for Nature Conservation), arrested the traffickers and seized the gorilla at Goma airport. Goma is the main city and regional gateway next to... Read more »
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