Tribute To Kanyonyi The Fallen Gorilla In Bwindi National Park Uganda.


It is with great sadness to inform you about the loss of one of our favorite gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Kanyonyi, the lead silverback of Mubare group who died on Friday night. Kanyonyi first fell off a tree, but while he was recovering after treatment, a lone silverback fought with him because he wanted to take over his group. Kanyonyi in his weakened state was not able to put up a good fight, and sustained many injuries, which though they were healing, left him weaker than usual. 

Whenwe last visited Kanyonyi he was eating quite well, but still limping and walking slowly, with one adult female gorilla, Karungyi and her baby keeping close by his side. He made a nest in front of us to take a comfortable morning nap, and we were able to record a brief video. we would like to thank the Uganda Wildlife Authority park staff and Conservation Through Public Health (CTPH) team who have kept a close watch over Kanyonyi to prevent him from having more interactions with the lone silverback until he was strong enough. Fighting amongst free ranging gorillas is considered to be part of their normal behavior patterns and enables natural group succession. Conservation Through Public Health participated in the post mortem  which confirmed the major cause of his death to be an infection in the hip joint after the fall.

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