Gorilla Monitoring Program RWANDA - CMS€¦ · RWANDA =125 gorillas Pablo: 46 Kuryama: 15 Ugenda:...
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Gorilla Monitoring Program RWANDA
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=125 gorillas
Pablo: 46Kuryama: 15Ugenda: 14Ntambara: 11Bwenge: 10Isabukuru: 10Titus: 7Inshuti: 6Urugamba: 5
Research groups
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Births
Name Mother SexDate of Birth Group
Date of Death
1 Gasore* Maggie M 19-Jan-10 Bwenge
2 Agatako* Bukima M 26-Jan-10 Isabukuru 15-July-10
3 Isooko* Mitimbili M 9-Mar-10 Pablo
4 Sabato* Kurudi M 25-Mar-10 Ugenda
5 Imvune INF Imvune M 29-Apr-10 Ugenda 17-May-10
6 Turate* Pasika M 4-May-10 Urugamba
7 Kubaka INF Kubaka F 16-May-10 Ntambara
8 Ikaze INF Ikaze M 1-Jun-10 Isabukuru
9 Umuco INF Umuco F 1-Jun-10 Pablo
10 Kwiruka INF Kwiruka F 14-Jul-10 Bwenge 29-Jul-10
11 Nyabitondore INF Nyabitondore F 3-Oct-10 Pablo
12 Afrika INF Afrika F 26-Nov-10 Pablo
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Deaths
Name Date of Death Group Sex/AgeAge at Death Cause
MGVP necropsy
1 Cyiza 25-Jan-10 Bwenge AF 42.08 Old age done
2 Inwali 16-May-10 Pablo AF 24.29 Unknown done
3 Mahane INF 16-May-10 Pablo IF 0.49 Unknown done
4 Mutesi 16-May-10 Pablo IF 1.7 Dehydration done
5 Imvune INF 17-May-10 Ugenda IM 0.08 Unknown done
6 Agatako 15-Jul-10 Isabukuru IM 0.51 Infanticide done
7 Kwiruka INF 29-Jul-10 Bwenge IF 0.05 Unknown done
8 Kwiruka 25-Aug-10 Bwenge AF 33.66 old age done
9 Tuck 6-Sep-10 Titus AF 38.29 old age done
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Female transfer
Name Age at Transfer Date From To
1 Umutuzo 8.4 9-Jan-10 Ntambara Umubano*
2 Umwana** 26.67 16-Jan-10 Kuryama Titus
3 Imvune 11.21 30-Oct-10 Ugenda Titus
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Inkumbuza case
13 changes between Urugamba and Ugenda
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Lone silverbacks
• Rukundo: PAB to LSB 1-Mar-10
• Dead LSB Bikwi (?) 13-Jun-10
• 5 known LSB met in 2010: Gwiza, Tuyizere, Twizere, Giraneza and Rukundo
• 44 times a LSB was seen: 15 GWI and 19 UNK
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Interactions
• 38 interactions: 28 with groups and 10 with LSB
• 5 with tourist groups :Umubano and Amahoro
• 37 Auditory interactions: 23 groups and 14 with LSB
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Tourists
Group # Tourists # Visits
Ugenda 661 99
Bwenge 292 44
Ntambara 283 41
Kuryama 165 27
Titus 91 15
Isabukuru 88 13
Urugamba 8 1
Total 1588 240
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Data collection
• 7 Data Technicians
• Training of one more
• 2 Research assistants
• Program coordinator Joel Glick
• 12 successful Inter Observer Reliability Test
• 5205 focal animal sessions
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Data collection
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Average nr of focals per gorilla
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Feeding Ecology of the VirungaMountain Gorillas
Cyril C. Grueter, Katie A. Fawcett and Martha M. Robbins
• Field Data: Sep 2009 Dec 2010
• Research Assistant: Didier Abavandimwe
• 2 Field teams led by Avit Nkurikiyumukiza and Ferdinand Ndamiyabo
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Hormonal correlates of socio-sexual behaviors in female mountain gorillas
Sosthène Habumuremyi, Tobias Deschner, Katie A. Fawcett & Martha M Robbins
• Field Data: Oct 2009 Mar 2011
• Data technician: Joseph MUTABAZI
• Lab Assistant: Rose UMUHOZA
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Mountain Gorilla Skeletal Project (MGSP)
• Field excavation
• Preparation, storage and preservation of skeletal samples
• Assist in post-mortem examination
• Supervise and document the burial
• Collect and archive related records of the skeletal collection
• Enter all data and manage the MGSP database
• 3-Dimension Laser Scanning of bones (started in 2011)
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Census 2010
• 480 gorilla
• Max Planck Institut (MPI); the Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project (MGVP), The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International (DFGFI); the International Gorilla Conservation Program (IGCP); The Rwandan Development Board (RDB); The ICCN (Congolese Park Authority); the UWA (Ugandan Park Authority).
• 13 KRC staff participated
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KRC anti-poaching
• 352 patrols of which
• 269 with RDB
• 16 with ICCN
• 11 with UWA
• 1083 SNARES REMOVED
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Patrol coverage VNP
map
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KRC
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KRC RDB Overnight
KRC RDB ICCN
KRC RDB UWA
KRC RDB Shock
KRC Anti-Poaching Patrol coverage, 2010
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Illegal activities found
map
Poacher and snare presence 2010
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Number of patrols a year
• KRC carried out 352 patrols (24% of all patrols of VNP)
• Increased number of coordinate patrol with ICCN and UWA
• Increased number of people involved in shock patrols
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Number of snares
• 1927 snared found in the Park in 2010 of which 1087 destroyed during patrol with KRC (56%)
• The number of snares slightly changed over years but patrol effort increased
• We are observing a decrease of snares in VNP in the last 2 years
• 856 found by coordinate patrols cross DRC border
• 70 snares found by gorilla trackers
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• 8 gorillas caught in snares in the past 4 years
• Infant/juveniles are the most vulnerable
• In 6 cases trackers cut the rope with machete
• Intervention needed to remove the remaining part of rope
• In two cases 1 silverback and 1 blackback free themselves
Gorilla caught in snares
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Patrol post camp close to forest
• Started in June 2010 to improve control of forest access and address the high number of snares found in sector III
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The end