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We are delighted to see a newborn in Mafunzo's group from female Ubuhamya! The mother Ubuhamya will be nine in September and this is her first infant! ๐ ๐ฆ
Wow! We are overwhelmed by the support we are seeing from @Official_WSB and people from around the world! We have raised $77k already today! Thank you all! โค๏ธ๐ฆโค๏ธ
BREAKING NEWS: Mountain gorillas have just been reclassified from โcritically endangeredโ โ the highest level of threat โ to โendangeredโ, moving them a level further from extinction. Read more:ย gorillafund.org/mountain-gorilโฆ
Weโre still spinning with joy from todayโs amazing birthday gift from @portiaderossi & #EllenDeGeneres. Portiaโs 60th-birthday present to her wife will help build a permanent, state-of-the-art home for the scientists advancing work begun by our founder Dian Fossey. @TheEllenShow
Blackback Umuganda and adult female Urahirwa grew up together in Ntambara's group. They formed a strong bond from an early age as they were born just few months apart. Even though they've grown up, they still engage in long and rough playing. (Video by Cedric Ujeneza)
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๐จWE HAVE NEWS ๐จ Itโs safe to say that the #investor community on @Reddit is not traditionally who we think of as our supporter base. But they definitely surprised and overwhelmed us over the weekend. A THREAD. @CNN@CNBC@business@WSJ
Ellen, the gorillasโ celebrations are already in full swing! From Uhiriwe and all of us at the Fossey Fund, happy birthday!!!ย ๐๐๐๐ฆ @TheEllenShow @TheEllenFund
We just can't get enough of Nsanganira and her little infant ๐ infants stay right by their motherโs side for the first 3 years of their life! #mountaingorillas#nature#conservation
๐ธ: Cedric Ujeneza
Itโs #WorldGorillaDay! Dian Fossey started her pioneering work 51 years ago today when it was thought mountain gorillas would go extinct by the year 2000. Instead, their numbers are increasing. Learn about our work and how YOU can help: gorillafund.org.
It's another newborn! ๐
Mbilimbili, the matriarch of a large family, welcomed her sixth offspring on October 6th! Both mother and infant are doing well! Mbilimbili and all her offspring live together in the Kwitonda group. ๐ฆ
๐ธ Eric Ndayishimiye.