Wildlife is more interesting when people try to look into their eyes. When you try to look into wildlife eyes, you think about their needs in terms of habitat, food, shelter, movement. When people kill wildlife, they don’t look into their eyes; they look on their bodies, shape and trophies, etc.
Virunga NP is facing poaching for both commercial and domestic needs in bushmeat. In order to discourage this process which can lead to species depletion, rangers carry out patrols in the Park with support from NGOs working in Conservation. This action is done also during any monitoring of wildlife in the park.
This has been one of the toughest missions of rangers during these two decades in Virunga Park and ICCN (Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature) has lost over 100 rangers on duty. As a consequence, there are widows and orphans without assistance. Helping rangers, saves the most biodiverse and the oldest Park of Africa!
We are proud of individual donors who have donated to this project and specially Robert J.G.
5 Comments posted on "LOOKING INTO ANIMAL EYES"
Lisa, California on December 10th, 2007 at 6:15 pm
Wishing you all much success in the coming year. I know you guys work hard to protect Virunga National Park and all of it’s diverse wildlife. You are all my heros and I hope to help you as much as I possibly can, by donating what I can and spreading the word about all of your hard work. Thank you for doing what you do. Lisa
paula on December 10th, 2007 at 7:43 pm
Another lovely post Deo, thank you for reminding us that in the end, it is us humans who are the beasts.
Deo on December 14th, 2007 at 3:55 am
Thank you Lisa for the support. We hope that next year will be better for us with less stresses and better conservation. For sure, humans are responsible for protecting and destroying as they are seen as the major predator among predators. We hope that through diverse actions targetting stakeholders and a social move they can help to conserve.
THERESA SISKIND on December 16th, 2007 at 1:34 pm
Deo, thank you for those beautiful photos. Your sentiments are written like a poet! I will make a donation after the first of the new year[it is my promise and you have my word on that]. Getting back to the photos, one the pictures shows a lion in a tree! Does he think he is a leopard! God bless you, all the other rangers, and all of your families, you are true heroes in my eyes and you have my best wishes for the new year!
Deo on December 17th, 2007 at 3:26 am
Thank a lot Teresa. Tis is a speciality of Lion in Ishasha areas where you get lions climbing on a tree. Others (Rwindi in the same Park) don’t do that. None knows how they adopted that behaviour! Thank you! Post a comment
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