<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/7deadd36-8cb2-458d-ae8b-25c4d94be3d7/7568AEF1-3B17-4331-BDFB-35A5866C7395/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://gorillafund.org/conservation_science/fieldnews_item.php?recordID=158" href="http://gorillafund.org/conservation_science/fieldnews_item.php?recordID=158" style="font-size: 11px;">gorillafund.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://gorillafund.org/conservation_science/fieldnews_item.php?recordID=158"><P>Karisoke staff and researchers brought the body of silverback Titus down from the mountain on Sept. 16, many weeping at the loss of their old friend. Titus, who has been followed by Karisoke staff since his birth in 1974, died on Monday, Sept. 14.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://gorillafund.org/conservation_science/fieldnews_item.php?recordID=158"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/gorillafund.org/img/21E9D251-8D1C-4A1A-B99D-4FB03161DF76" alt="Titus Memorial" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://gorillafund.org/conservation_science/fieldnews_item.php?recordID=158"><P>After a necropsy at the offices of the Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project in Ruhengeri, Titus’s body was today carried on a stretcher by ten porters, on a two-hour walk for burial at the site of Dian Fossey’s old camp and her own gravesite. They were led by Karisoke Field Operations Coordinator Jean Bosco Bizimuremyi and a military escort.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://gorillafund.org/conservation_science/fieldnews_item.php?recordID=158"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/gorillafund.org/img/F500D543-C05D-4B5A-80C1-416144735C8A" alt="Titus Memorial" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://gorillafund.org/conservation_science/fieldnews_item.php?recordID=158"><P>The burial site was dug in advance at the edge of a gorilla graveyard, where other important gorillas have been laid to rest, including Titus’s old friend silverback Beetsme.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://gorillafund.org/conservation_science/fieldnews_item.php?recordID=158"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/gorillafund.org/img/5EBCA5AD-AEC3-4012-9AC3-D01D41FEE3E9" alt="Titus Memorial" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://gorillafund.org/conservation_science/fieldnews_item.php?recordID=158"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/gorillafund.org/img/2D9B9E12-999C-40C1-9A31-5427CD251ADE" alt="Titus Memorial" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://gorillafund.org/conservation_science/fieldnews_item.php?recordID=158"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/gorillafund.org/img/93DF5359-29A0-481E-BE65-1DE352574209" alt="Titus Memorial" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://gorillafund.org/conservation_science/fieldnews_item.php?recordID=158"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/gorillafund.org/img/E15C3729-50F7-48AB-88D6-8B7C28B93516" alt="Titus Memorial" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://gorillafund.org/conservation_science/fieldnews_item.php?recordID=158"><P>Back in Bistate village after the ceremony, following Rwandan tradition, drinks were shared among the participants, a poignant conclusion to an emotional and sad day.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/7568AEF1-3B17-4331-BDFB-35A5866C7395/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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