Gorillas New Threat Of Extinction
by Brent Stirton
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Gorillas New Threat Of Extinction
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Brent Stirton
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Photograph - Photography
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BUKIMA, VIRUNGA NATIONAL PARK, EASTERN CONGO - JULY 23: Mountain Gorrillas and Congolese Conservation Rangers from the Bukima area of Virunga National Park July 23, 2007 in Eastern Congo. Congolese conservation rangers working in conjunction with conservation group Wildlife Direct are working in dangerous circumstances to protect the remaining Mountain Gorrilas in the area. Four Mountain Gorrillas were killed yesterday in mysterious circumstances in the Bukima area of the park. A Silver-Back Alpha male, the leader of the group was shot, three females were also killed. Two of the females had babies and the other was pregnant. The two babies were not found and it is thought that they will have died of stress and dehydration. The motivation for the killing is not known but it is suspected that there are political motivations. The local illegal Charcoal industry clashes with conservation efforts in this very poor area and Rangers have been threatened, tortured and killed as a result of this clash of political and economic wills. Over 100 Rangers have been killed in their efforts to protect the Gorrillas of Virunga, one of the world's most endangered species. The Congolese Rangers in this particular group are working with Wildlife Direct, a Conservation organisation. The Rangers receive a salary based on donations to Wildlife Direct and perform one of the most dangerous jobs in the world of wildlife conservation. The DRC has the highest toll of human casualties of any country since the second world war, a figure in the region of 4.6 million dead as a result of war and resultant displacement, disease, starvation and ongoing militia violence. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Edit by Getty Images)
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