Fossey Gorilla Fund

Fossey Gorilla Fund

@SavingGorillas Worldwide
Founded by Dian Fossey to save gorillas & habitat in Africa. Gorilla monitoring, anti-poaching, education, local health, clean water & community projects.
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@ Agreed, poor Inshuti! Youngster Akarusho is staying with him at the moment.
 
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Here is silverback Inshuti, with his head wound clearly showing:
 
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Our trackers found silverback Inshuti today, but he is alone. Two of his females were found with two lone silverbacks:
 
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Inshuti group still not found, but now we know possible reason. Find out more on our blog:
 
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Karisoke trackers are busy trying to find Inshuti's group, which hasn't been seen since Thurs. Read more:
 
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Additionally, a suspected poacher was just captured in the forest and is now being escorted out of the park to the police in Kinigi!
 
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Karisoke field data coordinator John Ndayambaje reports 16 snares found and destroyed today by anti-poachers!
 
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Poor silverback, Inshunti, has been attached AGAIN. Read about the interaction here:
 
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@ Hahaha, good one Vikki :)
 
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@ I will find out for you.
 
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@ Hi Lee - no, this is just something our researchers have been documenting internally. I don't believe anything is published.
 
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Some of the Karisoke gorillas know how to destroy snares! We've seen Cantsbee do it:
 
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@ Thanks for sharing the post yesterday Paul. Inshunti is stable today:
 
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Update from yesterday: field team reports injured silverback Inshuti is stable. Read more:
 
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@ Glad you had a great time! :)
 
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When I hopped over to NYC to have lunch with Sigourney Weaver and @
 
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@ Thanks for sharing our post about snare removal!
 
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Two lone silverbacks joined forces & attacked dominant silverback Inshuti today. Read more:
 
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Our anti-poaching team found 26 snares on Tues & 38 more on Wed. 195 removed since 1/1/12:
 
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We are seeing an increase in gorilla poaching activity & high level of snares: