26th September Knuckle-walking over London’s Tower Bridge in a gorilla suit is quite a novelty, I found today. How to describe it? Imagine almost as many people in gorilla suits as there are mountain gorillas on the planet (more than twice as many as there are Cross River Gorillas) – no, wait a minute, no [...]
Dear Friends, This is a letter we recieved from Rusty Stewart about meeting Titus, the silverback made famous by Dian Fossy in Gorillas in the Mist. SEPTEMBER 21, 2009 When I was at ORTPN getting my gorilla trekking permits and it was taking a long time I had an opportunity to watch a documentary about [...]
14th September Peter Kabi is a 28-year-old farmer with an engaging smile; he has also killed a Cross River Gorilla. He is one of the hunters being targeted by a WCS project that retrains people who once depended on hunting for a significant part of their income. Peter chose snail farming as his new way [...]
In the Kouilou region of the Republic of Congo, up to two gorillas are being killed each week, an undercover investigation by the conservation group Endangered Species International has revealed, exposing the scale of gorilla poaching in the country. This story was given world audience by the BBC Earth News portal. It is reproduced here [...]
Tuesday 8th September Still hoping for an Equatorial Guinea visa, I was going to take up the offer of an introduction to the Ambassador, but sadly neither of the people who had made this offer could be reached this morning. On the other hand, Gabon’s Minister for the Environment, Mme Georgette Koko, who also serves [...]
We have just learned that the Uganda Wildlife Authority plans to introduce online gorilla tracking as a new initiative aimed at the global demand for conservation tourism. For a minimum donation of $1, subscribers will be able track the movements of individual gorillas through a custom-made Web site. Strategically placed cameras in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable [...]
Monday 7th September – still in Gabon I was still holding out some hope for an Equatorial Guinea visa. Omar said he had good contacts with the Ambassador, but all day we were unable to reach Omar to arrange a time to go to the embassy; perhaps he was partied out? Calling a press conference [...]
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Sunday 6th September Up early to climb Mt Brazza, with stunning views of the River Ogoue and the mosaic of savannah and forest that makes Lopé such a distinctive environment. On the way, we came across a pretty little viper soaking up the morning sun with ribs flattened to the path. Michael adeptly caught his [...]
Dear Friends We are so sorry to be the bearers of bad and sad news- Titus, the star from Gorilla in the Mist has died. KIGALI: The world’s most famous mountain gorilla Titus, aka the Gorilla King, has died at the age of 35, the Rwandan national parks office said Tuesday. ‘He was born [...]
Saturday 5th September Gabon was resuming normal activities after the disputed elections and there was a football match in the afternoon. The only train to Lopé and Franceville had left the night before and the local travel agent said there were no flights to anywhere I needed to go. I had a morning meeting with the [...]
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