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To locate chimps during the night time, we listen to screams from the mountain.
In the area where I have not yet surveyed, Rangers have been there for patrol in the Kasindi area bordering with the Republic of Uganda. Rangers have reported to me that during their stays in the mountain they have heard screams of chimpanzee from the mountain. Unfortunately for them they could not go further because a Ugandan army the U.P.D.F invaded the area. More than 200 soldiers crossed the border and entered in D.R.C in the mountainous area, and the Rangers patrol was not able to progress in the area. So they went back to their patrol post in Lubiliha. SO a Monitoring Team should be sent quickly. It is more like an emergency. Their main duty will be to track the chimps everyday and keep a record about their movement, their location and feeding pattern including a food record. The team also needs to record about the population size of the group they meet with in the forest and their structure, also to identify the threats.
Friends of Nature (OAN - Organization des Amis de la Nature) people have got a nice monitoring team. They are mountainous people. They know very well the Ruwenzori mountain. Myself I do admire these characters. Even if it rains while excursion in the mountainous forest, with cold breeze and cloudy atmosphere, they are ready to go ahead.
What is so unfortunate for these Friends of Nature, they do not have any adequate equipment to work with in such rough environment, even rations to eat before going for monitoring duty they do not have it. Every one have to eat from his home, and thus reduce their efficiency on the field. Dear brothers in Conservation. The last 3 posts are some of the evidences what I have recorded during my 3 days field visit in the mountainous area. On these pictures you have seen the pristine mountainous forest of Ruwenzori which is the home of chimps. I hope you enjoy your reading.
The DR Congo flag is behind me
7 Comments posted on "Chimp Screams From the Mountain"
paula on December 19th, 2007 at 2:45 am
Thank you Godefroid. This is a fantastic post. What can be done about the Ugandan army - can we write to the Ugandan Government?
godefroid wambale on December 19th, 2007 at 4:52 am
Hello PAULA!
godefroid wambale on December 19th, 2007 at 6:05 am
I would like to take this opportunity to say thank you to Pamela R for her kind donations of a total amount of 30$ she has provided to my blog, i do appreciate and i am so grateful to pamela R .and encourage her to keep on reading good news from the real field about the Ruwenzori ecsystem on the D.R.C.
godefroid wambale on December 19th, 2007 at 6:12 am
I would like to take this opportunity to say thank you to Pamela R for her kind donations and generosity.She has provided me with a total amount of 30$
Pam/Shell Beach CA on December 19th, 2007 at 10:36 am
You are most welcome, Godefroid. I made this donation in the name of my friend, Shelly as her Christmas present. She, too, is a friend to animals and actually inspired me to care more about conservation of wildlife!
F. J. PECHIR on December 19th, 2007 at 12:43 pm
Thank you so much for this reports and thank you for all you do to preserve this natural areas and its wildlife! Your work there is an ispiration for all of us that work in wildlife conservation around the world.
godefroid wambale on December 20th, 2007 at 4:41 am
Dear F.J.Pechir and Pam/Shelly Beach CA, you are most welcome and do appreciate and fell happy that you enjoy hearing about my work in the field ,and i fell confortable that F.J.PECHIR and others get inspired from what i am doing in order to protect wildlife in the northern-sector of Virunga National Park Post a comment
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