As the sentry of study group 4, he defended the group against six poachers and their dogs, who ran across the gorilla study group while checking antelope traplines. Sometime during the day on New Year's Eve 1977, Fossey's favourite gorilla, Digit, was killed by poachers. The non-profit fund was named in memory of Fossey's favourite gorilla, Digit, who was decapitated by poachers for the offer of US$20 by a Hutu merchant who specialized in selling gorilla heads as trophies and gorilla hands as ashtrays to tourists. Fossey studied at her Karisoke Research Center in the Virunga Volcanoes of Rwanda. Dian Fossey in 1978 for the sole purpose of financing her anti-poaching patrols and preventing further poaching of the mountain gorillas. The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International (originally the Digit Fund) is a charity for the protection of endangered mountain gorillas. From Karisoke, we monitor three gorilla groups in Rwanda's Parc National des Volcans: Beetsme's group, Pablo's group and Shinda's group, each named after the dominant (or once-dominant) silverback leader of the group.The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International in Rwanda The Karisoke Research Center is a program of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International and serves as the base for our mountain gorilla protection, monitoring and conservation activities in Rwanda. Unperturbed, he is now moving between the two groups of Beetsme and Shinda. Trackers tried to trace his movements but no sign of him was seen until the end of the month, when he was observed moving towards Beetsme's group! He interacted with the group but failed to attract any of the females. However, this time Inshuti did not return to Shinda's group. This was not too unexpected, since during the previous year he would frequently leave the group for a period of a few days, accompanied by another young silverback named Amahoro. At the end of last year, Inshuti, a young silverback from Shinda's group, left his group.
After comparing these photos with those in the archives of the Karisoke Research Center, it appeared that the same lone silverback has made previous appearances in both Beetsme's and Pablo's group during 20.Our scientists are now searching the photo and nose-print records to determine the origin of this individual.Īfter the above interaction, Beetsme's group encountered an old friend. On the day following the interaction, our trackers were able to follow the lone silverback and take photos. After approximately one hour, the young silverbacks of Beetsme's group returned to the main group, having effectively fended off the intruder. Titus, the dominant silverback in this group, moved towards the scene of interaction but then, as often occurs in these situations, he returned to the main group for the period of the interaction, leaving the hard work to the younger members of the group. Both Ubwigenge and Kirahure displayed vigorously towards the intruder. He moved straight towards the unknown silverback, followed by Kirahure (also a young silverback). Ubwigenge, a young silverback in Beetsme's group, was the first to react. He displayed continuously, beating his chest and smashing vegetation.
First, an unidentified lone silverback was seen moving towards Beetsme's group. The past month was an exciting one for Beetsme's group, since there were several interactions with lone silverback gorillas. Beetsme's Group Meets Two Lone Silverbacks
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