Gorilla Journal 34, June 2007

Mountain Gorilla Mother Killed

Rubiga, a female mountain gorilla from the Kabirizi group in Virunga National Park, was killed with two bullets on June 8th. She was shot in the back of the head, execution-style, and in the right arm. Her 2-month-old baby (born 15th April, 2007) was clinging to her breast when rangers found Rubiga, 18 hours after her death.
The baby, who was named Ndakasi after a recently deceased ranger, was in a critical condition, and was examined and treated by the Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project.
The Kabirizi group fled and was not found by the rangers until June 12th, when 24 of the remaining 32 group members were recontacted. The group was traumatized and could not be approached closely.

Summarized from the blog of Paulin Ngobobo (regularly updated)

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