Gorillas Seen Dismantling Poachers’ Traps In The Wild – A First
A pair of gorillas have been observed seeking out and destroying poachers’ snares after an infant in their group was killed by one of the traps. A few short days after a gorilla infant was killed, a pair of wild gorillas were caught on camera dismantling poachers’ snares. According to conservationists, this is the first time anyone has seen that kind of planning, precision, and ingenuity by mountain gorillas. Vernoica Vecellio, the gorilla program coordinator at the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund‘s Karisoke Research Center, told National Geographic: “This is absolutely the first time that we’ve seen juveniles doing that …...
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