http://gorilla.wildlifedirect.org Sat, 17 May 2008 09:38:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is Pierre. Yesterday I went to Mt Tshiaberimu, which is in an area of Virunga National Park that is safe from the rebels and that has an isolated group of 19 gorillas. In this video, you see Safari, the Ranger who took me up the mountain, as well as the silverback Tsongo and ... http://gorilla.wildlifedirect.org/2008/05/16/video-tshiaberimu-gorillas/  Here are the donations you gave us in April and the beginning of May. Thank you so much for your support- it really makes a big difference!   Diddy and Innocent         Donations 29th March-4th April: $2,637  One-time Donations Kristian N $120; Maximilian H $10; Mary H $10; Karen S $300; Cori E $40  Monthly Donations Angela S ... http://gorilla.wildlifedirect.org/2008/05/13/thank-you-for-the-donations/ This is Diddy. Below is the video that Pierre filmed 10 days ago at the Kibati charcoal checkpoint. As you can see, people are hiding bags of illegal charcoal under sacks of potatoes. The truck in the video had 30 bags hidden! help us and share ... http://gorilla.wildlifedirect.org/2008/05/12/video-kibati-charcoal-roadblock/ This is Diddy. As you know, most of the Mikeno Sector (where the gorillas are) has been out of bounds for us for the last 8 months. Before the rebels took over, we had 5 Patrol Posts in Mikeno: Jomba, Bikenge, Bukima, Gatovu and Kibumba. Kibumba is the only one ... http://gorilla.wildlifedirect.org/2008/05/08/gatovu-post-to-reopen/ This is Diddy. I am back at Rumangabo Station and I want to tell you about the living conditions of the wives and children of some of our Rangers.   Below you will see a video of a building at the station in which 9 families live. I have been in this ... http://gorilla.wildlifedirect.org/2008/05/07/video-rangers%e2%80%99-families/ This is Pierre. I am the newest member of the WildlifeDirect team, and I will do my best to continue the fantastic work that Samantha did over the past year. I have just moved to Goma from London, where I was working for the BBC making documentaries. One of my goals ... http://gorilla.wildlifedirect.org/2008/05/05/introducing-pierre/ This is Balemba. Great news: the villager that went missing last month has finally reappeared. He showed up dehydrated, thin, dirty, and barefoot, but alive! This is what he told me:   Having walked from Rumangabo to his village in Bukima, he got started working in his crop field. After a couple hours, ... http://gorilla.wildlifedirect.org/2008/05/02/villager-captured-by-rebels-returns/ This is Diddy. Innocent and I have been busy learning new skills at a computer workshop. Since we still do not have access to the gorillas, this is a good time for that kind of training. One thing we have been able to do is fight the charcoal trade. As you ... http://gorilla.wildlifedirect.org/2008/04/29/soldiers-beat-up-3-rangers/ I've just been in touch with Diddy, who has summarised the outcome of their efforts since last November, when the Makala Campaign began. The Makala Campaign is the sustained effort to prevent the destruction of the gorilla's habitat for charcoal, and which is considered to be the single most important threat ... http://gorilla.wildlifedirect.org/2008/04/14/a-summary-on-progress/ This is Balemba. We're quite worried. A villager from Rumangabo, where we live, has been missing since last Monday. He went up to Bukima, on the edge of the Gorilla Sector, to cultivate his crops, and has not been seen since. It's about a four ... http://gorilla.wildlifedirect.org/2008/04/05/villager-missing-for-a-week/