Cuddles and Kalashnikovs: protecting DR Congo’s gorillas

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The world’s largest gorillas have been pushed to the brink of extinction by a surge of illegal hunting in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and are now critically endangered. In a park in the east of the country, the rangers are confronted daily by armed poachers trying to steal baby gorillas to sell as pets.

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