FACEBOOK SCHEME TO BE-FRIEND UGANDA’S MOUNTAIN GORILLAS

5th September, 2009 - Posted by admin - 1 Comment

Social networking sites Facebook and Twitter will soon provide an opportunity to users, to be able to “befriend” rare Ugandan mountain gorillas and track their movements.

According to Lillian Nsubuga Uganda Wildlife Authority spokeswoman, the scheme is designed to promote Uganda’s nascent tourism industry.

Users will receive regular updates about their endangered primate friends, will be able to watch live footage of their “friends” eating and trekking through the thick terrain and will also be able to get information about new births within the family and other information through geo-tracking and GPS.

Wildlife officials plan to install cameras around Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, , which is home to roughly half of the world’s estimated 740 mountain gorillas, one of most endangered species on the planet.

By Jackie Kisibo

Uganda wildlife news

1 Comment

martin

October 2nd, 2009 at 2:06 pm    


can someone please e mail me when the faceboook befriend a gorilla scheme is being implemented?

thanks

martin

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