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This mountain gorilla family was named Bitukura after a river that bears the same name. As it happens the family was first sighted in near the river which also turned out to be part of its homing range. Habituation of this group begun in July 2007 and the group was opened for tourism in October 2008. This was a relatively easy group to habituate as it had often been encountered by UWA rangers and trackers in their encounters with the Kyaguriro group and this non-threatening human contact made i...

 

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Bitukura members

1.16

Silverback Bahati returns to Nkuringo Family

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10.11

FIRST REGIONAL FORUM FOR GREATER VIRUNGA TRANSBOUNDARY COLLABORATION HELD IN KAMPALA

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11.2

UGANDA VOTED AS THE BEST TOURIST DESTINATION

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7.8

UWA begins mock tourism for newly habituated groups

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7.12

BWINDI MOUNTAIN GORILLA CENSUS SET FOR SEPTEMBER

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7.20

KAHUNGYE GORILLA TOURISM PROSPECTS EXCITE KISORO RESIDENTS

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