Meet the conservationist saving gorillas in Uganda’s ‘impenetrable forest’
As Uganda’s first wildlife vet, Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka has spent 30 years working to restore Uganda’s mountain gorilla ...
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Getting up close and personal with gorillas in Uganda
That said, though, gorilla lovers from around the world are undeterred by the tough journeys (and high cost) to be able to meet humans’ closest cousins face-to-face. At the Bwindi Impenetrable ...
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Mountain gorillas: close relatives at risk
Mountain gorillas live in just two isolated groups – one in the Virunga volcanoes – spanning the borders of Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and one in Bwindi ...
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Mountain gorilla population grows
The number of mountain gorillas has increased from the 2010 estimate of 786 after a count in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. The total world population of mountain gorillas has risen to ...
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Meet the conservationist saving gorillas in Uganda’s ‘impenetrable forest’
It’s been 30 years, but Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka still remembers the first time she ever saw a mountain gorilla. It was the summer of 1994. Deep in the jungle of Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable ...
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Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Overall, Bwindi hosts numerous globally threatened species including high-profile mammals such as mountain gorilla, chimpanzee, l’Hoest’s monkey and African elephant; birds such as African green ...