Progress at GRACE Amid Serious Challenges
The past two years have proven challenging for the Gorilla Rehabilitation and Conservation Education (GRACE) Center, the world's only sanctuary for…
[details]Bushmeat
In large parts of their range, gorillas are hunted for their meat although this is illegal.
WHAT IS BUSHMEAT?
The trade in bushmeat, the meat of wild animals, can have major impacts, particularly when it happens on a large scale. Logging companies construct roads, which opens up the forest and creates favourable conditions for the bushmeat trade. In many areas, hunting has already resulted in the dramatic decline of gorillas and the populations of other hunted animals. In many locations, projects have been set up to counteract overhunting and the consumption or trade of bushmeat.
WHERE DO GORILLA ORPHANS COME FROM?
A side effect of hunt gorillas for food is the trade in live gorilla babies who are taken after their mothers have been killed. They are sold to private individuals who usually keep them in terrible conditions. Some of these babies are confiscated by the authorities and end up in gorilla orphanages.
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[details]Bushmeat Trafficking in Switzerland
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[details]Bushmeat Hunting Changes African Rainforests
Hunting often devastates populations of large mammals, and this may have impact on other animal and plant communities. In two recent studies (Effiom…
[details]Shifting Trend of Ape Trafficking
In recent years, the trafficking of Africa's apes has evolved into a highly organized criminal activity, but the situation has remained largely…
[details]Conservation Action Plan in Congo
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Two New Grauer's Gorillas Orphans
![[Translate to EN:] Isangi mit ihrem Pfleger](/fileadmin/news/Isangi_mit_ihrem_Pfleger___c__Molly_Feltner-gorilla_doctors_.jpg "[Translate to EN:] Isangi mit ihrem Pfleger")
On September 13, 2012, a young gorilla was brought to the Kahuzi-Biega National Park headquarters by a community conservation group, who claimed to…
[details]Orphaned Gorilla Care
![[Translate to EN:] Jan Ramer, rechts, bei der Untersuchung von Shamavu](/fileadmin/news/Jan_Ramer__rechts__bei_der_Untersuchung_von_Shamavu.jpg "[Translate to EN:] Jan Ramer, rechts, bei der Untersuchung von Shamavu")
Gorilla confiscations are on the rise in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. So far this year 3 eastern lowland, or Grauer’s gorillas have been…
New Gorilla Orphan Confiscated
A new orphan gorilla infant arrived in the night on Sunday, August 7th, 2011, at the care facility in Kinigi, Rwanda operated by the Dian Fossey…
Wildlife Trafficking in Gabon
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[details]Gorilla Killers Arrested in Congo
Two men were recently arrested in the Kabo forestry concession in northern Republic of Congo for hunting a gorilla. The hunt was carried out during…
[details]The Aspinall Foundation's Project in Gabon
Over the last 12 years, UK-charity The Aspinall Foundation has been running a unique western lowland gorilla rehabilitation and reintroduction project…
[details]Bushmeat Investigation Trip
Republic of Congo: in March 2009 I made a tour of the various markets in Ouesso, and for the first time realized the real ubiquity of bushmeat in that…
[details]Wildlife Crime in Cameroon and Operations' Impact
Illegal trade in apes is an issue that has suffered from great confusion and lack of knowledge for a very long time. While endless popular bushmeat…
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