Gorilla Poaching | National Geographic

just got some musing on the radio I’m

just got some musing on the radio I’m not really sure the details but it

not really sure the details but it

not really sure the details but it sounds like the patrol have picked up

sounds like the patrol have picked up

sounds like the patrol have picked up some poachers with gorilla meat on their

some poachers with gorilla meat on their

some poachers with gorilla meat on their hands and so we’re gonna head over there

hands and so we’re gonna head over there

hands and so we’re gonna head over there right now and find out what’s going on

throughout the Congo Basin gorillas face

throughout the Congo Basin gorillas face two huge threats logging and poaching

to reach deeper into the forest logging

to reach deeper into the forest logging companies build roads the roads allow

companies build roads the roads allow

companies build roads the roads allow poachers to follow and to ship their

poachers to follow and to ship their

poachers to follow and to ship their catch to market

catch to market

catch to market [Music]

at its current rate the legal hunting

at its current rate the legal hunting could wipe out the last of the wild

could wipe out the last of the wild

could wipe out the last of the wild lowland gorillas in a decade sorry

lowland gorillas in a decade sorry

lowland gorillas in a decade sorry mother in London oh goody obviously seen

mother in London oh goody obviously seen

mother in London oh goody obviously seen lots of pictures and books but I um

nothing can really prepare you for for

nothing can really prepare you for for that reality it’s warm from sitting on

that reality it’s warm from sitting on

that reality it’s warm from sitting on this it’s as if you were holding you

this it’s as if you were holding you

this it’s as if you were holding you know that the warmth as if it were alive

know that the warmth as if it were alive

know that the warmth as if it were alive but obviously I mean you’re holding a

but obviously I mean you’re holding a

but obviously I mean you’re holding a hand of a gorilla that was once running

hand of a gorilla that was once running

hand of a gorilla that was once running around an uncle trippy Keith gee it

around an uncle trippy Keith gee it

around an uncle trippy Keith gee it looks like a juvenile females most of

looks like a juvenile females most of

looks like a juvenile females most of the meat is eaten but poachers sever the

the meat is eaten but poachers sever the

the meat is eaten but poachers sever the hands and feet for souvenirs

a dead gorilla can bring five US dollars

a dead gorilla can bring five US dollars a tremendous sum for most here the

a tremendous sum for most here the

a tremendous sum for most here the challenge is to make a real is more

challenge is to make a real is more

challenge is to make a real is more valuable than that alive

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[Music] I had to walk away from from what we

I had to walk away from from what we

I had to walk away from from what we were filming the guerrilla remains that

were filming the guerrilla remains that

were filming the guerrilla remains that had been confiscated from the poachers

had been confiscated from the poachers

had been confiscated from the poachers because it just became too difficult for

because it just became too difficult for

because it just became too difficult for me to stand there and hold the hands and

me to stand there and hold the hands and

me to stand there and hold the hands and the smell and having just seen these

the smell and having just seen these

the smell and having just seen these beautiful animals

I’m distraught and the scent is

I’m distraught and the scent is lingering on my hands

lingering on my hands

lingering on my hands [Music]