Besides the civil war, the baby boom arrived in Congo's mountain gorilla

Ranger ceases to enter the protected area due to civil warDemocratic Republic of the Congo (former Zaire) where there was concern about a decline in the number of individualsMountain gorillaHowever, I understood that five babies born to endure the battle were born.

Details are as below.Congo's war-baby gorillas bring hope for endangered species

Congo's Gorilla "War Babies" - Green Daily



Congo'sVirunga National ParkIn the world there are about 700 remaining endangered speciesMountain gorillaApproximately 200 of them are inhabited. Since it is in a conflict zone, Ranger of a nature conservation group is also deadlocked and more than 120 rangers have died on duty since 1994. In 2007, eight anti-government forcesShooting gorillaAfter the park headquarters was suppressed by the anti-government military 'Defense National Council for the People' (CNDP) ', the monitoring of the gorilla was forced to stop the interruption, but this time the monitoring has been done with the agreement with the CNDP As a result of resuming, it turned out that five babies had been born.

Gorilla gives birth once every four to five years, once the number of individuals decreases it takes a long time to recover, so a drastic decrease in the number of individuals due to the civil war was in danger. The population growth rate of mountain gorilla in this area was less than 2% in 1 year in the year and 11% in 10 years, but this time it was 15% increase that 5 births in 30 flocks this time It is a very rare and epoch-making thing, said Emmanuel de Merode of Virunga National Park General.



Shy gorilla hiding behind the tree. The gorillas learned to conceal themselves during the conflict.


Two gorilla babies born during the conflict.


Gorilla reaching for the camera.