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###### 13/06/2026

## [Makoua the Gorilla: A Symbol of Long-Term Conservation](https://blog.aspinallfoundation.org/makoua)

Pictured above, Makoua at the Lésio-Louna Reserve 

From orphan to patriarch Makoua’s life is an extraordinary example of what long-term conservation can achieve. Wild-born in northern Congo, he was rescued in April 1993 as an orphan estimated to...

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###### 27/05/2026

## [Defying the Odds - Lengui's Story](https://blog.aspinallfoundation.org/lenguisstory)

The drive to survive, and even to thrive, is both fundamental and powerful. We can think of no better example than that of Lengui, a female western lowland gorilla who has suffered terribly at the hands of man on two separate occasions. At times her...

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###### 20/09/2023

## [Djongo & Mayombe - an epic love story](https://blog.aspinallfoundation.org/djongo-mayombe-an-epic-love-story)

Deep in the Gabonese jungle, an island romance has captured the hearts of everyone at The Aspinall Foundation. A tale of two souls born in captivity and forming the bonds of companionship and family in the freedom of their ancestral homelands. An...

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###### 06/07/2022

## [Born to live wild](https://blog.aspinallfoundation.org/born-to-live-wild)

As a regular supporter, you may have read many of our stories about Djala, a western lowland gorilla whose life epitomises so much of the work we do at The Aspinall Foundation. This year, he will reach the grand age of 40. Onthe occasion of this...

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###### 17/05/2022

## [Reflections on 2021: the year we rose to the challenge](https://blog.aspinallfoundation.org/reflections-on-2021-the-year-we-rose-to-the-challenge)

Contemplating the difficult year gone by, there are still many achievements for us to celebrate amidst the ongoing challenges in the world at large.

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###### 17/05/2022

## [Field Update: Latest news on our gorillas in Congo and Gabon](https://blog.aspinallfoundation.org/field-update-latest-news-on-our-gorillas-in-congo-and-gabon)

[The Aspinall Foundation](https://www.aspinallfoundation.org/the-aspinall-foundation/working-around-the-world/) has been protecting gorillas in Africa for decades, returning over 70 to the wild, and seeing over 35 births from them since their reintroduction. This has helped gorillas thrive in areas of Congo and Gabon where they were...

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###### 12/04/2022

## [The Biodiversity of Lésio-Louna Reserve](https://blog.aspinallfoundation.org/the-biodiversity-of-lésio-louna-reserve)

We are now in the final few weeks of our two year project supported by [IUCN Save Our Species](https://iucnsos.org/). The main focus of the project has been to establish the presence of leopards, and the possibility of lions, within the reserve. However it has a much wider...

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###### 29/09/2021

## [An Emblem of Hope: First ever wild gorilla born to captive-born rewilded parents is named](https://blog.aspinallfoundation.org/an-emblem-of-hope-first-ever-wild-gorilla-born-to-captive-born-rewilded-parents-is-named)

The Aspinall Foundation are delighted to announce that a conservation history-making baby gorilla born at its groundbreaking reintroduction project in Gabon has been named Taàli - meaning ‘hope’ in Batéké.

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###### 09/09/2021

## [Breaking news from Gabon!](https://blog.aspinallfoundation.org/breaking-news-from-gabon)

Conservation history has just been made as The Aspinall Foundation announced the first ever birth to captive-born gorillas in the wild, part of the Aspinall Foundation's ground-breaking gorilla reintroduction project in the Batéké Plateau National...

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###### 23/07/2021

## [Introducing the Port Lympne Gorilla Family](https://blog.aspinallfoundation.org/introducing-the-port-lympne-gorilla-family)

At the heart of Port Lympne Reserve in Kent you'll find the largest group of western lowland gorillas in the UK. Impressive silverback, Kouillou and his eleven females and three youngsters reside at The Palace of the Apes, where they can often be...

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