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Photo Friday: Ishango

April 1st, 2011 by Godefroid Wambale
1 Apr 2011 Filed under (Elephants, Hippos, Poaching) by godefroidw @ 2:23 pm

Ishango is one of our ranger stations on the north side of Lake Edward at the mouth of the Semliki river, a beautiful location on a small cliff overlooking the lake. This area has hippos, elephants, and antelope…and illegal fishing and poaching. Godefroid Wambale is the warden in charge of Ishango sub-sector and sent some photos and information from his station:

Baby Hippo

This particular baby hippo was rescued the day it was born when rangers found it alone and separated from its mother. The baby was obviously newborn and still had some of the afterbirth on it and couldn’t see. I put the baby in the boat and started up the river looking for the mother. We finally saw a hippo that seemed to be looking for something, so we placed the baby nearby in some swampy reeds, and waited to see if the mother would find the baby, which she did. Read the full story »

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Virunga Rangers in Commando Training

March 20th, 2009 by Godefroid Wambale
20 Mar 2009 Filed under (Rangers) by godefroidw @ 9:00 pm

Last summer myself and 5 other Rangers were invited by the Belgian Ministry of Defense to spend 6 weeks at the Commando Training Center in Marches-les-Dames, Belgium. Our course involved training in hand-to-hand combat, camouflage, shooting skills, ambush techniques, patrol strategies, and other skills that would be useful during our field work in Virunga National Park. Read the full story »

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