UN AIRLIFTS YOUNG GORILLAS TO SAFETY
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UN AIRLIFTS YOUNG GORILLAS TO SAFETY
Gorillas airlifted out of Congo after threat from rebels intensified
The UN has airlifted four young eastern lowland gorillas out of a war zone in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to the safety of a sanctuary
At Risk
The animals which were flown from a battleground in Goma to The Kasugho sanctuary in the North Kivu province were moved out of the area where they risked being taken by traffickers and sold as exotic pets or killed for bush meat.
War
Eastern lowland gorillas only survive in the DRC and there are thought to be only 5000 left surviving in the wild. The rescue mission was part of a larger project to protect Africa’s remaining gorillas from the intensifying illegal trade in baby gorillas. As the number of armed rebels has proliferated in the east region of the DRC young gorillas are increasingly being caught for the exotic pet market. Older members of the species are more often killed and sold locally as bush meat
Gorillas airlifted out of Congo after threat from rebels intensified
The UN has airlifted four young eastern lowland gorillas out of a war zone in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to the safety of a sanctuary
At Risk
The animals which were flown from a battleground in Goma to The Kasugho sanctuary in the North Kivu province were moved out of the area where they risked being taken by traffickers and sold as exotic pets or killed for bush meat.
War
Eastern lowland gorillas only survive in the DRC and there are thought to be only 5000 left surviving in the wild. The rescue mission was part of a larger project to protect Africa’s remaining gorillas from the intensifying illegal trade in baby gorillas. As the number of armed rebels has proliferated in the east region of the DRC young gorillas are increasingly being caught for the exotic pet market. Older members of the species are more often killed and sold locally as bush meat
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