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Silverback Gorillas in peril - We can help!
The Gorilla Park Headquarters in DR Congo is still held by the rebels. They spent the night there and vandalized the buildings by busting down doors and stealing.
The 50+ Rangers who fled yesterday from the fighting spent the night in the forest with no food, or shelter, or water. The situation is now desperate. The area controled by the rebels has grown, and we fear our Rangers are now sitting in an isolated pocket of forest, totally vulnerable to all the militia groups in the area.
Go to www.gorilla.cd/blog to catch up with the latest events as they unfold on the ground - be the first to know what is going on in the struggle to protect Virunga and 200 of the world's last remaining Mountain Gorillas. We need your help.
Links to contributions there. Please take action - this is critical!
The Gorilla Park Headquarters in DR Congo is still held by the rebels. They spent the night there and vandalized the buildings by busting down doors and stealing.
The 50+ Rangers who fled yesterday from the fighting spent the night in the forest with no food, or shelter, or water. The situation is now desperate. The area controled by the rebels has grown, and we fear our Rangers are now sitting in an isolated pocket of forest, totally vulnerable to all the militia groups in the area.
Go to www.gorilla.cd/blog to catch up with the latest events as they unfold on the ground - be the first to know what is going on in the struggle to protect Virunga and 200 of the world's last remaining Mountain Gorillas. We need your help.
Links to contributions there. Please take action - this is critical!
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Rangers/Silverback Gorillas in Peril!
Tue, October 28, 2008 - 4:36 PMOct. 28, 2008
Twelve of the 53 missing Rangers who fled the Gorilla Park Headquarters in DR Congo on Sunday morning as a result of the fighting have been located in the forest, about 20km north of Goma.
These men have walked over 35km through Virunga during the last 48 hours with no food, water, or shelter. A rescue operation is now underway to get them to safety. These brave Rangers are the LAST barrier between the Gorillas and poachers!
Will they make it? Keep up with events at www.gorilla.cd/blog
