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Archive for October, 2007

10th Oct 2007

Latest pic of orphan ‘Kabila’

Kabila is doing well, although still small and quite fragile. She’s being looked after round the clock by a carer, who is a Congolese ranger, with veterinary advice from the Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project (MGVP), based in Rwanda. Every two weeks the carer swops places with a second, so the former can take a break at home. When they swop over, they are carefully checked by a doctor to ensure no infections are taken into the facility.

You can see Kabila with her friend Ndeze in the video below…….looking pretty lively!

Fingers crossed for them both.�

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08th Oct 2007

Good news after bad……..

This is the latest video of Ndeze and Ndakasi the orphaned infants playing in the garden in Goma.

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07th Oct 2007

Rangers Flee Nkunda Rebels-latest from Wildlife Direct

07Oct

Rebels Re-Take Entire Gorilla Sector

Filed under (Mountain Gorillas, Threats) by Gorilla Protection @ 03:01 am

This is Samantha at WildlifeDirect.

Director Mushenzi just called me from Rumangabo. I am in Goma. The rebels have re-taken the entire Mikeno Sector (see map in previous post). In other words the Gorilla Sector is now totally under rebel control and all the Mountain Gorillas of DR Congo are unprotected and unmonitored.

The rebels have actually made progress west of the sector to the main road that goes from Goma to Rumangabo to Rutshuru - to a place called Rugari. So Rumangabo may potentially get cut off from Goma. This of course is where many Rangers are based, and where all the Rangers who have been forced to flee their patrol posts are camping out.

The Director is assessing the situation and I will update you as soon as I hear anything else.

I don’t know if there is any reporting about this on the internet. It has literally just all happened.

Samantha

Update at 11am DR Congo time: Director Mushenzi has just told me they can hear heavy shelling at Bukima from where they are at Rumangabo and that he and the Rangers have taken the decision to evacuate all valuable equipment, like GPS’, binoculars, V-sat etc. to Goma. Samantha

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06Oct

Renewed fighting near gorillas: Right Now

Filed under (Threats) by Gorilla Protection @ 01:08 pm

Fighting is going on at Bikenge between the army and the rebels. It has been going on all day.

I can also report that the Rangers who fled the sector yesterday are still at Rumangabo. The information they had collected regarding the gorillas that they had been tracking was taken from them by the rebels. This would have been useful to us for our records which we keep diligently.

The Rangers who fled the Gorilla Sector yesterday, now safely at Rumangabo. Diddy took this photo today.

Thank you for all your encouragement and support. Please lobby. I do not know much about lobbying outside of my country and how you put pressure, but anything you can do to help us get back into the park and protect the animals will be much appreciated. Thank you to you all.

Director Norbert Mushenzi