In each area of Virunga poachers operate in different ways. This means that they use different kinds of traps to catch wild animals - whether it be antelope, buffaloes, elephants or rodents

Again I implore you to watch and comment. Another SERIOUS PLIGHT OF MINE!!! CARBOFURAN KILLS EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!! Big Gorilly Hugs

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Im so excited!!!!!! But of course that is not enough. So we have opened 12 shops in the busiest areas of town, where makala (charcoal) is being sold (and of course where our target market is!) Out with charcole yessssss

A few days ago I got a letter from a women named Marilyn in e-mail telling me about a doe who was shot in her lower jaw. I saw the one photo she sent me and I was so shocked and the pain this animal must have endured.

UPDATE YOU WILL LOVE...BUT READDDDDDDD...LOL Since we last blogged about the elephants of Kabaraza gradually learning to trust the men in green, the rapprochement continues. Big Gorilly Hugs

From the Predator Compensation Fund: After the positive response we got from our introduction to our Predator Compensation Fund we thought we would provide you with some more facts and photos of PCF in action!

We need to raise $103,250 to take Ndeze, and the only other orphaned, baby mountain gorilla in the world, Ndakasi, out of the dirty and dangerous conditions in which they live in the city of Goma.

The Senkwekwe Centre - the future home for the only 2 baby mountain orphan mountain gorillas IN THE WORLD - is crucially important, primarily because it'll give our orphans somewhere to live. It is as simple as that. Big Gorilly Hugs

Unfortunately the 'Jiko Rescue' project was not one of the top-three winners, but to be chosen as one of twelve finalists out of nearly a thousand nominations is still a notable achievement.

33,000 sharks, 2000 dolphins & 2000 turtles killed to boost beach tourism in South Africa 16/06/2009 13:42:04