Posts Tagged ‘Mbeli Bai Gorilla Program’

Everything is Better with a Gorilla!

Posted by in Animal Origins & Fun Facts,Endangered Species,Gorilla,What You Can Do

Really it is. Especially the holidays. And if you cannot have a real Gorilla to spend the holidays with – might as well purchase this wonderful little book and apparently a small portion of sales goes to support gorilla conservation. See, everything is better with a gorilla!

Let me just point out that I learned whether you need a hand organizing an Olympic-caliber bobsled team or fancy a leisurely stroll, a Gorilla is the ideal companion for whatever it is you’re game to do. And the guidance they give is the absolute tops. Gorillas know the dish on the hippest eateries around and provide financial advice that’s unbelievably sound (as they hold true to a “don’t spend what you don’t have” policy).

And, this book is the only one ever to have a real Gorillastrator working on the art. Whether you like it or not, it’s the holidays people and you better  start thinking about what gifts to give…I have an idea – how about this book?

The Houston Zoo supports Great Ape conservation projects including Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Program, Jane Goodall Institute, Art of Conservation, Kinabatangan Orangutan Conservation Project, Mbeli Bai Gorilla Program and the West African Chimpanzees of Senegal.

We will also be welcoming Dr. Jill Pruetz, Co-Founder Neighbor Apes, Associate Professor of Anthropology and National Geographic Emerging Explorer on Feb. 17, 2011 as part of our speaker series. For tickets go to:http://www.houstonzoo.org/lectureseries/

Gorilla Country

Posted by in Africa,Animal Origins & Fun Facts,community-based conservation,Elephant,Endangered Species,Field Research,Gorilla

In the Republic of Congo, the Houston Zoo is partnering with the Mbeli Bai Gorilla Program in the Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park. Mbeli Bai is the only long-term demographic study on western gorillas which uses direct observations to provide important baseline information on the social organization, demography and behavior of an intact population of gorillas. Detailed studies are also undertaken on the activity of other large mammal species using the bai, such as forest elephants, sitatungas, forest buffaloes as well as otters and many other species. 

Why should we care to protect wildlife in places so far away? Watch the video of wildlife living in and around Mbeli Bai in the Republic of Congo.

Did you watch the video? All 5 minutes? We would like to hear your thoughts on this 5 minute glimpse into a very special place.

If you would like to help support the Mbeli Bai Gorilla Program and the Houston Zoo’s efforts to save threatened wildlife in Africa, please click on the button below.