Gorillas once caught by wildlife traffickers are set free in historic reintroduction

Gorillas once caught by wildlife traffickers are set free in historic reintroduction

Since then, to the team’s surprise and delight, the four females have quickly settled into life in the wild, adjusting to the colder climate on the mountain’s steep hills and a new diet of bamboo shoots and other native plants.

Four Gorillas Rescued From Illegal Wildlife Trade Have Been Rewilded In The DRC

Gorillas: 4 – Poachers: 0

Rescued Gorillas Rewilded in Eastern Congo

Four female gorillas released into the wild at Virunga — a major step forward for conservation in the heart of Congo.

Avoiding extinctionIn October last, four gorillas-do-last-females were transported by air from their home in Kasuhh, Democratic Republic of the Congo (RDC), and only 64 kilometres north-east, in the Virunga National Park. Less than a year later, they were successfully integrated into a group of wild gorillas, which is considered to be the largest transfer of the subspecies already carried out. Conservatives hope that this success will not only p…