Wildlife Conservation Organization
Today only 720 Mountain Gorillas populate the earth, and in only two parks (Uganda/Rwanda, and Democratic Republic of Congo). Dr. Dian Fossey founded what was originally called the Volcano Veterinarian Center in 1986. After studying Gorilla’s behavior and interaction with Continue Reading
In 1960 the estimated population of chimpanzees was estimated at around one million individuals. Today the estimates have been dramatically reduced to 172,000 to 300,000 remaining, a decline of on the scale of 70-83%. Roughly 40% of this population is Continue Reading
UN peacekeepers from the Congo have successfully airlifted endangered baby gorillas out of the conflict zone where they were rescued. The four babies were flown from the conflict zone in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the Kasugho Sanctuary Continue Reading
If someone were to destroy your grandmother’s house in order to sell the materials for a profit would you be OK with it? Unfortunately our race, the human race, is doing that exact thing to our closest living relatives in Continue Reading
Gorillas, the largest of the great apes, are under renewed threat across the Congo Basin from Nigeria to the Albertine Rift: poaching for bushmeat, loss of habitat due to agricultural expansion, degradation of habitat from logging, mining and charcoal production Continue Reading