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New babies to Mizas family, the Kabirizi group
Its amazing that the ICCN are able to conduct a gorilla census sin Vurunga National Park despite the continued conflict that is ongoing (even though most news agencies have tired of telling that story...
View ArticleTalks to end conflict begin but EU cool on the idea of sending troops
Talks have begun between representatives of rebel forces fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and delegates from the Kinshasa government in Nairobi, Kenya. The discussions mediated by...
View ArticleTalks stall and UN accuse Rwanda of helping rebels
We’ve been closely monitoring the talks in Nairobi over the last three days. News agencies are stating that the talks have stalled, our contacts have told us that the problem is indecision by CNDP – it...
View ArticleMiza found and a sancuary for orphans is planned
The Virunga National Park website has released a video of Miza (Mutazimiza) the baby gorilla orphaned last year during the attack on the Kabirizi family, and star of our book Looking for Miza which is...
View ArticleSix killed in Virunga fighting
Several news articles illustrate the situation on the ground in the Virungas where 6 people were killed on Friday The Mail and Guardian here...
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Mountain gorilla population in Virunga has increased by 12 percent
We are all celebrating at WidlifeDirect with the good news that the mountain gorillas in Virunga National Park have not been affected by the conflict there. In fact the population has increased by 10...
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ICCN wildlife officers jailed for gorilla habitat crimes
Four senior wildlife officers who had been arrested for the July 2007 killings of 5 mountain gorillas have been found guilty of a lesser charge o f destruction of flora and fauna. There was...
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Kabirizi silverback is a dad again
Having met the Kabirizi family twice I feel as if they are my family so you can imagine my joy when I saw that Kabirizi has another child. that means that Miza, the orphaned baby gorilla we wrote about...
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News from Mount Tshiaberimu!
Hello, this is Jean Claude, I recently went to Mount Tshiaberimu, a hidden corner of the Virunga National Park in eastern DR Congo, to monitor the few remaining gorillas in the area and happened to...
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How to tell gorillas apart?
Hello, this is Emmanuel, I recently went into the Virunga Mountains in northern Rwanda to see how our little mountain gorilla Iwacu and her family are doing. It took us about 2 hours until we found her...
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