Bwindi Twin Gorilla Katungi Dies

Katungi; an 18 Months Twin Gorilla from Bwindi Impenetrable Forest has died.  Katungi had been discovered sick by the Bwindi Forest Gorilla Trackers and had all along been put under a watchful eye and attention. ‘Friend a Gorilla’ website reports.

The Gorilla trackers in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest who made a thorough check through, discovered Katungi who has been one of the gorillas living among the Nkuringo group of gorillas lying about 50 metres away from its family motionless.

Doctors from Bwindi Impenetrable Forest Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project and a team of trackers attempted to revive the unconscious Katungi gorilla but in vain.

In the process of reviving the unconscious Katungi Twin Gorilla, he just responded by jerking once and breathed his last. The death coincided with the second anniversary of the death of Katungi’s grandfather, Nkuringo, who died in April 2008.

About Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park is located in the southwestern part of Uganda and covers 331 square kilometers. Bwindi can be reached from Queen Elizabeth National Park in the north (3-4 hours), from Kabale to the south (2-3 hours), or from Kampala via Mbarara (8-10 hours). The roads meet at Butogota, 17km from the Buhoma entrance gate. During the wet season March to May four wheel drive vehicle is recommended.

The landscape in Bwindi Forest is rugged, with deep valleys running between steep sided hills and ridges. There is both lowland and montane rainforest with dense undergrowth of herbs, vines and shrubs, making the Park look impenetrable. This area is regarded as one of the most biologically diverse forests with the richest faunal community in East Africa.