{"id":436799,"date":"2011-06-06T10:02:21","date_gmt":"2011-06-06T10:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/06\/gorilla-gives-birth-to-twins\/"},"modified":"2011-06-06T10:02:21","modified_gmt":"2011-06-06T10:02:21","slug":"gorilla-gives-birth-to-twins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/06\/gorilla-gives-birth-to-twins\/","title":{"rendered":"Gorilla Gives Birth to Twins"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"44.9713427948\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newtimes.co.rw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/newtimes180.jpg\" alt=\"The New Times (Kigali)\" title=\"Visit The New Times (Kigali)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Edmund Kagire<\/p>\n<p>4 June 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Musanze \u2014 It is one of the rarest occasions. A Mountain Gorilla in the Volcanoes National Park in the Northern Province gave birth to a pair of twins, this week.<\/p>\n<p>According to Rica Rwigamba, the Director of Tourism at Rwanda Development Board (RDB), both the mother and babies &#8211; one male and a female &#8211; were in good shape.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with The New Times, Rwigamba said that the mother. named Ruvumu from Susa family, produced twins on her third birth within a period of about 10 years, a promising sign that conservation efforts for the endangered species are paying off.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Her first born was named in 2005 and the second named in 2009 and now we have the twins. It means there are just four years in between the babies,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To us this is good news. The first twins will be named in this year&#8217;s Gorilla naming ceremony and they were also born in the same group,&#8221; Rwigamba said.<\/p>\n<p>It is only the seventh time in the last 40 years that a gorilla has given birth to twins. The other pair, which will be named in the forthcoming Kwita Izina (Gorilla naming) ceremony, were born in February this year.<\/p>\n<p>Twenty two baby mountain gorillas will be named on June 18 in a ceremony to be held in Kinigi, Musanze. However, according to Rwigamba, the new-born twins will be named next year.<\/p>\n<p>Less than 800 mountain gorillas are thought to remain in the wild, though, the numbers are promisingly increasing, with few more births recorded since the beginning of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile Rwigamba said that preparations for the Kwita Izina ceremony are in full gear with a number of high profile guests confirming attendance. She said details on the list of celebrities to attend would be announced next week.<\/p>\n<p>Rwigamba said that currently, names for each baby gorilla are being profiled through the media, because each of the names has a story behind it, in the quest to conserve and protect the primates.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>See the original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201106060676.html\" title=\"Gorilla Gives Birth to Twins\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gorilla Gives Birth to Twins<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Edmund Kagire 4 June 2011 Musanze \u2014 It is one of the rarest occasions. 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