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Virunga Park Rangers

July 31st is World Ranger Day!

July 31st is World Ranger Day!

Virunga Park Rangers

Today is World Ranger Day and we hope you will join us in celebrating the brave rangers around the world who risk their lives every day to protect the planet’s endangered plants and animals. Sadly, today is also a day to commemorate the many rangers that have given their lives for conservation. Rangers in Virunga

Janja Baby Gorilla

Baby Mountain Gorilla in the Rugendo Family Killed

Baby Mountain Gorilla in the Rugendo Family Killed

Janja Baby Gorilla

It is with sadness that I must report the death a Janja’s baby, Burungani. A week ago, we received news the Rugendo family was eating maize and sorghum crops outside the park near Sarambwe. Such behavior puts the mountain gorillas in grave danger of being injured or killed by angry villagers, so rangers from the