According to the British "Sun" reported on January 7, 2020, near Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of the Congo, a group of gun hunters shot a mountain gorilla to death, and then cold-bloodedly left a group photo. The gorilla is believed to have just been shot at the time the photos were taken. The photo immediately provoked the anger of animal rights activists. At least 7 people are pictured standing around the gorilla grinning and holding multiple shotguns against the miserable gorilla's muscular body. The gorilla was lifelessly forced upright by these people to face the camera.
The picture shows poachers and gorillas
The infuriating photos are known to have been uploaded to social media by l'association gorilla in order to draw public attention to illegal hunting and animal protection. The l'association gorilla said the gorilla was "illegally shot" and that everyone in the photo was responsible. In a follow-up post below the photos, the environmental group wrote: "This is a picture we will never want to see again... The laws of the Republic of the Congo expressly prohibit the killing of protected species. Another Gorilla Welfare Alliance also called killing a gorilla an "unnatural crime."
The gorilla who was shot
According to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), there are currently only about 1,000 mountain gorillas left in the world. Wild gorillas are living under threat from poachers, deforestation, lack of protection, and disease. As the population grows, people struggle to make ends meet, and a large number of forests are being cut down for farmland, resulting in fewer and fewer habitats for gorillas. To this day, the gorilla meat trade is still prevalent throughout West and Central Africa. What is even more tragic is that eating gorilla meat is extremely popular among the local wealthy elite, so there is trade, there is harm, and the large demand for high prices has greatly stimulated the poachers' desire to poach. These are the biggest threats to the survival of gorillas.
Mountain gorillas, often accustomed to dispersing small-scale groups, share about 98 percent of their genes with humans. They can live to be over 40 years old. When they are around 12 years old, silvery hairs form on their backs and buttocks, hence the name "silver-backed gorillas". They are an endangered and rare animal found in the Virunga Mountains of Africa. Their appearance looks terrible due to their rugged appearance and huge stature, but in fact, they are very gentle herbivores. They spend most of their time wandering, chewing leaves or sleeping in the African forest, and are also known as "gentle giants".
Mountain gorillas