A huge male silverback gorilla nibbles on a tasty bamboo shoot before farting loudly, oblivious to his neighbors farmers working fertile fields a stone’s throw away.
With hundreds of mountain gorillas in residence, Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda is a conservation triumph, but this resurgence is not without consequences, as the majestic creatures now struggle for space to grow and thrive.
Straddling Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Virunga range includes eight volcanoes in the heart of Africa’s densely populated Great Lakes region and is along with Uganda’s Bwindi Forest the world’s only habitat for
A huge male silverback gorilla nibbles on a tasty bamboo shoot before farting loudly, oblivious to his neighbors - farmers working fertile fields a stone s throw away.
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A study published today in
Scientific Reports suggests that new health challenges may be emerging as a result of conservationists’ success in pulling mountain gorillas back from the brink of extinction.
The study, the first species-wide survey of parasite infections across the entire range of the mountain gorilla, was conducted by an international science team led by the Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Czech Academy of Sciences; University of Veterinary Sciences Brno, Czech Republic; Gorilla Doctors; and the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund. The work was conducted in collaboration with the protected area authorities of Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (the Rwanda Development Board, the Uganda Wildlife Authority and l’Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature, respectively).