{"id":369,"date":"2017-07-14T09:07:11","date_gmt":"2017-07-14T06:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.adventure-travellers.com\/blog\/?p=369"},"modified":"2018-11-29T11:30:43","modified_gmt":"2018-11-29T08:30:43","slug":"two-bouncing-baby-gorillas-born-one-week-bwindi-impenetrable-national-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adventure-travellers.com\/blog\/two-bouncing-baby-gorillas-born-one-week-bwindi-impenetrable-national-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Two bouncing baby gorillas born in one week \u2013 Bwindi Impenetrable National park"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mubare group<\/strong> of Mountain gorillas<\/a> in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park <\/a>was blessed with two bouncing baby gorillas<\/a> born in one week last month. These were both conceived in a one week interval, the news brought excitement to the wildlife community. The executive director of Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) Mr. Andrew Seguya<\/em><\/strong> reported that Gorillas<\/a> are among the rarest species of animals<\/a> in the whole world and it is not common for them to be born in the same week, he also emphasised that they are regarded as critically endangered animals<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On the 23rd<\/sup> of June<\/strong>, Karungi produced one of the celebrated baby gorillas then Kisho produced 5 days later that is on 28th<\/sup> of June<\/strong>. The two female members of Mubare group<\/strong> added to it to make now 14 mountain Gorilllas<\/a> of the group. The father to the new borns is Kanyonyi, the silver back in the group. He took over leadership from his father after his death in around 2012 and since then the number of members in Mubare group<\/strong> has been increasing.<\/p>\n

Since the beginning of the year, Bwindi<\/a> and Mgahinga<\/a> National Parks<\/a> have recorded 10 births of gorillas and only one death. The Conservation Area Manager for Bwindi<\/a> and Mgahinga<\/a>, Pontious Ezuma reports that the gorillas are producing as a result of better conservation measures. They are more relaxed and they feel safe to produce babies.<\/p>\n

The Virunga ranges<\/a> harbour up to 880 Mountain gorillas<\/a> and these are shared by Uganda<\/a>, Rwanda<\/a> and the Democratic Republic of Congo<\/a>. Uganda alone contributes 400 Mountain gorillas<\/a> to the whole population in the Virunga ranges<\/a>, this is half of the Mountain gorilla<\/a> population in the world.<\/p>\n

For about three years, since 2014, Uganda\u2019s tourism sector has topped the foreign exchange earnings ahead of foreign remittances and coffee. Gorillas contributing about $10m (shs.34b) to Uganda\u2019s tourism earnings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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