Here are two more recent blog posts from Africa - another snared gorilla, and an update on Umoja.

SORRY TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES WITH PHOTOS.

TO BE FIXED SOON!

Nyandwi: Another Snare Part 1

http://gorilladoctors.wildlifedirect.org/2009/05/31/nyandwis-snare-part-...

Umoja Weaned

http://gorilladoctors.wildlifedirect.org/2009/05/12/umoja-weaned-blog/

I have a special feeling for the young gorilla Umoja, since I was the one who had the honor of naming him two years ago, at the annual ceremony in which infant gorillas who’ve survived their first year are given the names by which we know them.  Umoja means “unity”—chosen because I was there as a representative of the non-profit conservation agencies working together in Rwanda.

April and May have been full of drama for Umoja—for three years in a row!

For pictures as well as the full blog, please go to WildlifeDirect Gorilla Doctors Blog - link here

I was on my way back from a routine field check the other day when the radio chatter in Kinyarwanda suddenly intensified.  After the word “silverback” came through loud and clear, I asked for a translation, expecting to hear details of an injured gorilla, or worse.  Sure enough, there’d been an interaction between Umoja’s family, Kwitonda Group, and a visiting group from Uganda, Nyakagezi Group.