Virunga National Park Sees Hundreds of Elephants Return and Rare Gorilla Twins Born During Hopeful Year

 

(Posted 30th March 2026)

 

Courtesy of African Elephant News

Andy Corbley, Good News Network (U.S.), March 27, 2026
Things are looking up in DR Congo’s Virunga Mountains, where recently scores of elephants have been returning across the border following a reduction in militia violence. Also this spring, there have been 9 healthy births recorded among the mountain gorillas, including rare twins which a ranger officer called “a very encouraging sign.” On the elephants, there was once thousands of African bush elephants that roamed freely between Virunga National Park in Congo and Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda.
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