Virunga Mountains

there is one person who deserves to be credited for making the world aware of gorillas and the troubles they face, it is Dian Fossey. Without her compassion for the mountain gorillas of central Africa, we might be living in a world where these magnificent animals no longer exist. Fossey lived among the mountain gorillas of the Virunga Volcanoes for nearly twenty years. She dedicated her life to them and died trying to protect them. Fossey was born in San Francisco, California, on January 16,…

part of Africa. Multiple neighbors that border Rwanda include The Congo, Burundi, Tanzania, and Uganda. Another border of Rwanda is one of its numerous lakes. Nicknamed the “Land of a Thousand Hills”, Rwanda’s landscape contains hills and multiple mountains each filled with steep slopes and valleys. Advantages that benefit this environment include two consistent water sources and easily accessible water drainage. Two rainy seasons supply the country with an adequate amount of water. A beneficial…

regions and the eastern end of the Congo came under threat. I was detained for several weeks in Rumangabo. I bribed soldiers to take me to the Travelers Rest . Even though this episode was very frightening to me, I was preparing to return to the Virunga volcanoes two weeks later. Unable to return to the Kabara, I set camp in Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park I called it Karisoke. In 1968, National Geographic sent Bob Campbell, a photographer, to capture My "Kodak moments" on film. He spent…

process and rigorous training to become Virunga rangers. Being a ranger in Virunga’s paramilitary conservation brigade is not only one of the most prestigious jobs but also one of the most dangerous jobs in Eastern Congo (Hatcher). In fact, “Since 1996, more than 150 Virunga rangers have been killed in the line of duty (Hatcher). It being such a dangerous job, the females are tested to the same limit as their male counterparts. Emmanuel de Merode, director of Virunga National Park, says of the…

Human beings have lived in the Chestertown, Maryland region for several thousand years. In that time, they left indelible marks on the landscape and the ecological processes which inhabit that landscape. As humankind’s impact on the environment grows, how does this impact the local environment? Specifically, how does Washington College’s presence within Chestertown impact the surrounding ecosystems? Problem: As the world as a whole is deeply impacted by human activity, Chestertown’s local…

Parrilla 1 Nicholas parrilla Mrs.finkenbinder 4th english 12 May 2017 Mountain Gorilla The largest living primate in the world is the Mountain Gorilla. In the movies they make them look really terrifying, but reality they are gentle and shy creatures. Gorillas are really nice and sweet animals. I really like them because they are fluffy. Mountain Gorillas are really big, powerful, and strong animals. Males can grow up to 5 foot and a weight of 198 the gorilla’s skull is really massive.…

idea. Why did I choose the Eastern Gorilla? I chose this animal because I personally love gorillas. There are six great ape species, and four are critically endangered. There are two types of Eastern Gorillas that I am talking about, the Mountain Gorillas and the Grauer's Gorilla. Their population was around seventeen-thousand and now they are less than four thousand. If their…

associate myself with anything gorilla-related. The more research I did, the more information I found out about how several gorillas, especially mountain gorillas, are endangered. One threat the mountain gorillas face is the destruction of habitat. Another threat they face is poachers who kill them for their valuable organs. Because these threats put the mountain gorillas at a greater risk of extinction, and in spite of the efforts of the International Gorilla Conservation…

gorilla), the Eastern Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla graueri) and the Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei). The focus of this paper, the mountain gorilla, is the largest of the gorillas (and largest overall primate), with the adult males being around 6 feet tall and weighing up to 500 pounds. Females weigh half as much due to high levels of sexual dimorphism, and are shorter. In addition to greater size, what separates the mountain gorilla from the other subspecies is its thick, dark…

creatures and about their experience of their first contact with people. (Ахматов, 2006). Gorillas live in dense forests of Equatorial Africa. Coast gorillas are found in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic; Eastern mountain gorillas inhabit the mountainous…