Mountain gorilla picks his teeth in front of tourists (The Forgotten Parks)

Today, there are only approximately 800 mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) alive. About half of them live in the mountainous forests of the Virunga volcanoes, while a second population lives in the Bwindi National Park in Uganda. There are currently none in captivity.Mountain gorillas are therefore not only one of the rarest, but also one of the most threatened mammals on earth. In the past decade, the political disturbance in the DRC, as well as numerous fugitives from neighbouring Rwanda, has put great pressure on the National Park. Fertile volcanic soils make the region one of the most cultivated and densely populated regions in Africa, with crop fields right up against the park boundaries and an average of more than five hundred people per square kilometer.

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• Virunga
• chimp
• chimpanzee
• habituation
• gorilla tracking
• mountain gorilla
• Congo
• DRC