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Great news about the Mountain Gorilla conservation hit the Ugandan and Global tourism industry at large following the press release of the Gorilla population Census results of 2018 conducted in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, one of Uganda’s UNESCO World Heritage site and the Sarambwe Reserve in the neighboring Congo Democratic Republic indicating Gorilla population increase. The news was received with great excitement from all stakeholders in the tourism and travel fraternity as it indicated an increase in the population of the Mountain Gorillas, a species once regarded as critically endangered now to just being endangered following the reclassification from the IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature) last year; thanks to the Great work of conservation championed by Dian Fossey. During the official unveiling of the results from the December 2018 Mountain Gorilla population Census, at the Kampala Serena hotel, the results indicated an increase of 59 Mounta...

Gorillas  are of two species;  The Western  and  Eastern Gorillas  each divided into two subspecies; The Western lowland and Cross River Gorillas being a subspecies of the former species as well as the Eastern Lowland and the  Mountain Gorillas  being a subspecies of the latter species. The Western species is found in Western Africa and part of Central Africa. The Western lowland subspecies can be found in wildlife sanctuaries (zoos) whereas the Cross River subspecies are found /seen in Cameroon and Nigeria. The Mountain Gorilla in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park The Eastern species is found in the Eastern part of Africa and Central Africa. The Eastern Lowland Gorilla subspecies inhabit the Eastern Congolese tropical forests whereas their counterparts the Mountain Gorillas live in high altitude Afro-montane forests of two areas that is; the group found in the Virunga Massif a geographical feature spreading across Democratic Republic ...