Comments on: Gorillas in the news http://baraza.wildlifedirect.org/2008/06/26/gorillas/ News from the WildlifeDirect team Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:20:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: sheryl, washington dc http://baraza.wildlifedirect.org/2008/06/26/gorillas/#comment-853 sheryl, washington dc Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:19:24 +0000 http://baraza.wildlifedirect.org/2008/06/26/gorillas/#comment-853 Yes, I have something far more "explosive" in mind for Mr. Nkunda. Heh. BTW Jim, you mentioned that you write a blog. Care to share the URL? s. Yes, I have something far more “explosive” in mind for Mr. Nkunda. Heh.

BTW Jim, you mentioned that you write a blog. Care to share the URL?

s.

]]> By: Jim from Mass USA http://baraza.wildlifedirect.org/2008/06/26/gorillas/#comment-852 Jim from Mass USA Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:45:26 +0000 http://baraza.wildlifedirect.org/2008/06/26/gorillas/#comment-852 Sheryl .... what an awesome opportunity you had ... I wish I'd been there to meet our heroes! ... I am happy, too, that Paulin is finally see for the brave hero he is! ... Lets sharpen our pencils and write Nkunda out of Virunga ... personally I think the business end of a 12-gauge is too good for Nkunda! Sheryl …. what an awesome opportunity you had … I wish I’d been there to meet our heroes! … I am happy, too, that Paulin is finally see for the brave hero he is! … Lets sharpen our pencils and write Nkunda out of Virunga … personally I think the business end of a 12-gauge is too good for Nkunda!

]]> By: Lisa, California http://baraza.wildlifedirect.org/2008/06/26/gorillas/#comment-846 Lisa, California Sat, 28 Jun 2008 05:55:34 +0000 http://baraza.wildlifedirect.org/2008/06/26/gorillas/#comment-846 I will do some writing next week. Thanks Sheryl. Sounds like the Nat Geo screening was a great evening. I wish I could have been there. Can't wait to see the Nat Geo special Tuesday night. Lisa I will do some writing next week. Thanks Sheryl. Sounds like the Nat Geo screening was a great evening. I wish I could have been there. Can’t wait to see the Nat Geo special Tuesday night. Lisa

]]> By: sheryl, washington dc http://baraza.wildlifedirect.org/2008/06/26/gorillas/#comment-837 sheryl, washington dc Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:20:03 +0000 http://baraza.wildlifedirect.org/2008/06/26/gorillas/#comment-837 Yer welcome. I left out an important part. During the panel discussion, Brent Stirton made a really good point. Rwandan President Paul Kagame has a very good relationship with Laurent Nkunda. I don't think it's any secret that Rwanda supports Nkunda. Brent pointed out that the U.S. government has very good relations with Rwanda and that pressure from the U.S. on President Kagame to end his relationship with Nkunda could be very effective. So, I think we should all contact our Congressional leaders and urge them to put such pressure on the Rwandan government. If Nkunda has no funding then he'll lose his army and his influence. We can help make that happen. Don't write just one letter, contact your Congressional members often so that we can get this lunatic out of the gorilla sector. s. Yer welcome.

I left out an important part. During the panel discussion, Brent Stirton made a really good point. Rwandan President Paul Kagame has a very good relationship with Laurent Nkunda. I don’t think it’s any secret that Rwanda supports Nkunda. Brent pointed out that the U.S. government has very good relations with Rwanda and that pressure from the U.S. on President Kagame to end his relationship with Nkunda could be very effective.

So, I think we should all contact our Congressional leaders and urge them to put such pressure on the Rwandan government. If Nkunda has no funding then he’ll lose his army and his influence. We can help make that happen. Don’t write just one letter, contact your Congressional members often so that we can get this lunatic out of the gorilla sector.

s.

]]> By: admin http://baraza.wildlifedirect.org/2008/06/26/gorillas/#comment-835 admin Fri, 27 Jun 2008 03:50:35 +0000 http://baraza.wildlifedirect.org/2008/06/26/gorillas/#comment-835 Wonderful to hear this Sheryl, thank you so much for this. Wonderful to hear this Sheryl, thank you so much for this.

]]> By: sheryl, washington dc http://baraza.wildlifedirect.org/2008/06/26/gorillas/#comment-834 sheryl, washington dc Fri, 27 Jun 2008 03:06:15 +0000 http://baraza.wildlifedirect.org/2008/06/26/gorillas/#comment-834 I got back from the screening at NatGeo about 50 minutes ago. It was awesome! The special is moving and heartbreaking. I wonder if I'll ever see the murdered Rugendo family without crying? It's so well done that I'm sure everyone will be impressed and emotional. The part about Laurent Nkunda is madness. That man is beyond ego mania, he's a raving loony. I'm sure he thinks all his posturing and posing make him look like a great guy, but he made himself look like a complete madman and big, fat liar. Honore Mashagiro is plain creepy. CREEPY. I hope they lock him up and throw away the key. And we get to see Paulin and hear him speak and learn what really happened to him after his arrest last summer. Unreal. He will always be one of my heroes. At the very end, we see new footage of Ndeze and Ndakasi. They've really grown and they're just gorgeous and their keepers are awesome. Take a close look at the gorilla being tucked into bed at the end of that sequence ... :-) It's a really honest report about the evil behind the murders and the charcoal mafia's involvement. We have a lot of work to do in Congo. After the screening there was a question and answer period with Brent Stirton, Emmanuel, and Godefroid. There were some good questions about alternative fuel sources and conflict resolution and everyone gave excellent answers. The theater was packed and there were people standing near the back. I was almost one of them because DC traffic and NatGeo's invisible parking garage were giving me fits. Then I bolted for the stage because I saw Dr. Lucy and then I met Emmanuel and Godefroid. THAT WAS TOO COOL, kids. Dr. Lucy and I chatted for a bit about her book - http://www.drlucyspelman.com/the-rhino-with-glue-on-shoes - and her plans for a new one and it was nice to really talk to her this time. She's quite awesome. Emmanuel and Godefroid are very sweet and made me feel like we've all known each other for a while. It was a real pleasure to meet everyone, including chatting again with Lisa from the DC office (whom I met when Paula was in DC earlier). DO NOT MISS the NatGeo special on July 1 at 10 p.m. EDT in the U.S. I hope it's online at some point for everyone else to see. It was REALLY COOL to meet Dr. Lucy, Emmanuel and Godefroid tonight. Just wonderful. s. I got back from the screening at NatGeo about 50 minutes ago. It was awesome! The special is moving and heartbreaking. I wonder if I’ll ever see the murdered Rugendo family without crying? It’s so well done that I’m sure everyone will be impressed and emotional. The part about Laurent Nkunda is madness. That man is beyond ego mania, he’s a raving loony. I’m sure he thinks all his posturing and posing make him look like a great guy, but he made himself look like a complete madman and big, fat liar.

Honore Mashagiro is plain creepy. CREEPY. I hope they lock him up and throw away the key.

And we get to see Paulin and hear him speak and learn what really happened to him after his arrest last summer. Unreal. He will always be one of my heroes.

At the very end, we see new footage of Ndeze and Ndakasi. They’ve really grown and they’re just gorgeous and their keepers are awesome. Take a close look at the gorilla being tucked into bed at the end of that sequence … :-)

It’s a really honest report about the evil behind the murders and the charcoal mafia’s involvement. We have a lot of work to do in Congo.

After the screening there was a question and answer period with Brent Stirton, Emmanuel, and Godefroid. There were some good questions about alternative fuel sources and conflict resolution and everyone gave excellent answers. The theater was packed and there were people standing near the back. I was almost one of them because DC traffic and NatGeo’s invisible parking garage were giving me fits.

Then I bolted for the stage because I saw Dr. Lucy and then I met Emmanuel and Godefroid. THAT WAS TOO COOL, kids. Dr. Lucy and I chatted for a bit about her book - http://www.drlucyspelman.com/the-rhino-with-glue-on-shoes - and her plans for a new one and it was nice to really talk to her this time. She’s quite awesome. Emmanuel and Godefroid are very sweet and made me feel like we’ve all known each other for a while. It was a real pleasure to meet everyone, including chatting again with Lisa from the DC office (whom I met when Paula was in DC earlier).

DO NOT MISS the NatGeo special on July 1 at 10 p.m. EDT in the U.S. I hope it’s online at some point for everyone else to see.

It was REALLY COOL to meet Dr. Lucy, Emmanuel and Godefroid tonight. Just wonderful.

s.

]]> By: sheryl, washington dc http://baraza.wildlifedirect.org/2008/06/26/gorillas/#comment-831 sheryl, washington dc Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:13:37 +0000 http://baraza.wildlifedirect.org/2008/06/26/gorillas/#comment-831 Hey, Jean Claude in the Tshiaberimu blog just posted that they need $11,200 to fund their program to help save those few remaining gorillas in the area. How can we raise that money the way we raised $20,000-plus last year for firewood for IDPs? s. Hey, Jean Claude in the Tshiaberimu blog just posted that they need $11,200 to fund their program to help save those few remaining gorillas in the area. How can we raise that money the way we raised $20,000-plus last year for firewood for IDPs?

s.

]]> By: Paula http://baraza.wildlifedirect.org/2008/06/26/gorillas/#comment-823 Paula Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:27:45 +0000 http://baraza.wildlifedirect.org/2008/06/26/gorillas/#comment-823 Thanks for this Lisa I'll work on that right away! Thanks for this Lisa I’ll work on that right away!

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