Gorilla Forest Corridor - DR Congo

Rescued Grauer's gorillas walk, feed and rest in this forest corridor at the GRACE center in Kasugho, in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as they move between the forest and their night shelter.

GRACE, short for Gorilla Rehabilitation and Conservation Education, is the world's only sanctuary for Grauer's gorillas orphaned by poaching and the illegal pet trade. It began taking in gorillas in 2010.

In 2015 the gorillas moved into a 25-acre (10 ha) forest enclosure, where they can learn to forage and live as a group. The center has cared for 14 gorillas, aged from 18 months to 16 years.

Did You Know? Grauer's gorilla, also called the eastern lowland gorilla, is the largest gorilla subspecies, and it lives only in the forests of eastern DR Congo.

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