Running a national park and trying to protect some of the last remaining mountain gorillas left in the world, in the midst of chaos, is no easy task. The rangers working in Virunga National Park in the DRC are really doing a phenomenal job and the great thing for those of us living far away, is we can read about what they're doing and how they're doing it, every day.
The park has set up a web site that allows rangers to blog their daily outings. Whether its to chat about newborn gorilla babies; fighting rebels; burning down charcoal kilns; making tourists wear protective masks so they don't pass on germs to gorillas, and other fascinating entries. The blog also acts as a direct funding source, you can see where your money is going, even if you just have $20 to spare. Check it out for yourself, and please donate a little money if you can.
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