Animal Tracking Bracelet - Traverse Gorilla - Mountain Stone

Each bracelet comes with a different gorilla to track, so add as many as you would like! A portion of all proceeds are donated to the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund, who dedicate their work to the conservation, protection, and study of gorillas in Africa. 

Learn your gorilla's name and get their picture. Gain knowledge of their amazing stories, and follow as they traverse an exclusive tracking map.

• Brand: Fahlo
• Stone: Mountain Stone
• Each order helps support the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund
• Sizing: Elastic, one size fits most
• QR code provided to unlock interactive map - compatible on smart phones only.

How does tracking work?

• Tracked manually by researchers in the field
• This animal’s safety guarded with the Fahlo Protection Ping™

Every Fahlo tracking experience includes the Fahlo Protection Ping™. This indicates each animal’s unique path may be live, delayed, or historical based on required safety protocol in accordance with our nonprofit partners.

While the experience of following an animal’s journey remains the same for you, we work behind the scenes with our partners to ensure this experience is presented in a way that keeps the animals safe, one step or splash at a time.

Why are gorillas tracked?

Per our partners at the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund, the gorillas are tracked to ensure their ongoing protection and  to better understand their behavior, ecology, genetic diversity, and habitat requirements—all of which is essential to developing effective conservation strategies. Their holistic approach is founded on four key pillars: daily gorilla protection, scientific research, training conservationists in Africa, and helping local communities to ensure the future of gorilla conservation for generations to come. The Fossey Fund protects two of the four gorilla subspecies: the critically endangered Grauer’s gorillas in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the endangered mountain gorillas in the Virunga mountains of Rwanda. 

How are gorillas tracked?

The gorillas are not physically tagged, so tracking consists of teams of trackers following the trail of the gorilla groups they monitor until they find them each day and then they use GPS devices to gather and record information. 

Does tracking harm the gorillas?

Not at all! The gorillas have become indifferent to the presence of the trackers and to ensure their ongoing health, trackers spend just enough time with the gorillas to ensure they are all present and healthy.