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Saving the Mountain Gorillas - Democratic Republic of Congo

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Feb 2007Days before Senkwekwe and three other mountain gorillas were killed, journalist Paul Raffaele filmed Senkwekwe in the wild. He reports on the battle to save the world's mountain gorillas. In the mountains of the DRC, silverback gorilla Senkwekwe watches over his young family. A few weeks later, he was dead, alongside three females in his harem. It was the worst gorilla massacre in 25 years. "There's a threat to the gorillas from poaching, for the exotic pet trade", explains ranger Rob Muir. Gorillas now share their habitat with rebel militias, driven into the hills by UN peacekeepers. These rebels could have been responsible for the killing of another two mountain gorillas earlier. "They were stripped of all their flesh", describes Muir.

Channel: News & Politics
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: journeymanpictures

Length: 10:40
Rating: 4.75
Views: 34652

Tags: Congo  Gorillas  Guerrilas  VS  Wildlife  

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kharlitossway (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Wrong, there are 701 gorillas left in the wild... they forgot Don Cheadle.
leesataylor328 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
OMG u r so annoying!!! Can't I just say that it's sad??? Why do you have to compare the two things? Am I not able to say that it's sad that this is happening?
katf9 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
its not $600 only to see a gorilla family, its $600 to see a gorilla family and transmit a disease to the family
fosschr (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Holy shit its Kimbo Slice!!!!
sensitivesoul (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I hate poachers! grrr they just make me so angry! Gorilla's are so wonderful I don't know why they are killing them... Especially Senkwekwe he and his family didn't deserve to be killed...
rustapark (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
what is it going to take for us humans to get a f&*king clue. this must stop
pokermaniac0978 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
mountain gorilla are very rare creature
pokermaniac0978 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
how can these african soldiers kill these treasure, no dignity for life at all, such a stupidity act by so call the civilize world of people or are these soldiers the real animals
pokermaniac0978 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
gorilla are precise animals need to be protected at all cost or we won't have anymore gorilla in the world
roverspaul (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
as sad as the human's dying due to poverty in Africa?

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