Interaction Between Gorillas And Humans
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
Information was received from the Uganda Wildlife Authority that work has begun to habituate another group of mountain gorillas at Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park.
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Uganda Conservation Campaign
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
The gorilla conservation campaign, launched during the UN Year of the Gorilla 2009 by the Uganda Wildlife Authority, has sadly lagged behind projected friend numbers, as during a recent visit to the w
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Uganda Tourism Initiative
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
While the official celebratory year dedicated to the mountain gorillas is officially coming to an end, the campaign towards conserving their environment and species continues and will remain a major f
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Travel And Tourism In Africa
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
FRIEND A GORILLA NOW ONLINE
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Endangered Gorillas At Risk
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Ambassador
Investigative reporters working hand in hand with key international conservation NGOs have launched a broadside against the government in Congo Brazzaville over the large-scale killings of the endange
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Silverback “Titus” Dies
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Ambassador
One of Rwanda’s most recognized and venerable silverbacks, also often fondly called the ‘King of the Gorillas,” died earlier this week at the age of just over 35 years, having been born on Augus
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Befriend A Gorilla
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Ambassador
A press briefing by the Minister of State for Tourism, Wildlife, and Antiquities, Hon. Serapio Rukundo at the Uganda Media Center, took place earlier in the week in Kampala.
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UN Year Of The Gorilla
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Ambassador
UWA has now set the dates for the formal launch of the most recently habituated and arguably largest gorilla group (34 members) visitors can see in any of the tracking locations in eastern Africa.
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Rwanda
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Ambassador
RWANDA, Africa - A forest fire over the weekend destroyed nearly 10 hectares of prime forest inside the famed Parc de Volcanoes, home to the mountain gorillas found along the border triangle of Rwanda
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Rwanda Tourism
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Africa
Our day of trekking started early, with a 4:30 am departure from the hotel in Kigali, to make it in time for the 7:00 am briefing by park staff at the headquarters of the "Parc de Volcanoes" near Ruhe
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Endangered Species
By eTN Staff Writer
A one-day meeting in Kigali on Wednesday, June 17 was dedicated to the conservation of the endangered mountain gorilla, of which less than 800 now survive in the mountainous border region of Rwanda, U
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