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More Snares Found in Gorilla Habitat

21 Jan 2009 Filed under (Patrols, Threats) by Innocent Mburanumwe @ 1:12 pm

We haven’t had any luck yet in finding Munyaga, but we are finding a lot of snares in this area of the Gorilla Sector. It is clear that local poachers have taken advantage of our absence during 2008 and laid out hundreds of snares to catch antelope and buffalo. These snares are a terrible threat to the mountain gorillas and we will continue to search and destroy them.

In Virunga National Park

An Antelope Snare

Innocent Mburanumwe

I dismantle a snare we found near our camp.

Virunga National Park

The Munyaga Group may be somewhere in this vast forest.

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4 Responses to “More Snares Found in Gorilla Habitat”

  1. Suzanne Suzanne Says: 21 Jan 2009

    Wow! What an adventure…. to wander in to that vastness. We are so grateful you’re there to dismantle those horrid snares! (So are the Gorillas).

  2. Lisa, California Lisa, California Says: 21 Jan 2009

    Great work dismantling those snares. I hope your search for the Munyaga Group yields positive results. : ) Continued luck! : )

  3. theresa theresa Says: 22 Jan 2009

    Thank you for destroying those horrible snares Innocent. Thank goodness you are all back in the area and the poachers will now know it. I am optimistic you will find the Munyaga group and wish you continued good luck.

  4. Snake in Virunga | gorillacd.org Snake in Virunga | gorillacd.org Says: 23 Jan 2009

    [...] out on a patrol looking for snares in the Mikeno Sector, Ranger Yaya found a large green snake. It was early morning and the snake was [...]

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