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Ranger Andre Baunma with a gorilla who has been orphaned and is now being cared for at the Mikeno Lodge, Virunga National Park. ‘For them I am their mother. I wake them up in the morning, I give them their breakfast, I tidy up after them, and I play with them. I do everything that a mother would do,' explains Andre as he plays with one of his young wards. The poachers want the animals for bush meat, which is another lucrative stream of income for those who care little for these beautiful creatures. The baby gorillas left behind, and others since, have been brought to Mikeno, where they are cared for.
theaterofdreams
Who says all black fathers abandon their kids (IM JOKING YOU MOTHERFUCKERS)
crimsonskies9188
This man seriously has my dream job. Gorillas are my favorite animal, next to elephants and grizzly bears
Couldntdecide
Husband and wife
TimBus
I always thought you ate bush meat between the sheets.
Janusha
I dont see the big deal here. Except one of them wears clothes.
gnargnar99
Virunga!!
SamSummerJunkie
And that's how we got AIDS ...
Shrekscoped420
WINSTON?!
BoromirProtectionSquad
I CAN BE YOUR HERO BABY!
iwillcorrectyourgrammar
Isn't this how aids happened?
hellhathnofury45
Dammit, I thought the same damn thing. Didn't want to be the dick that said it. Haha
IhaveTP4Bunghole
Close.
spazfokel
You should all watch Virunga. Great Netflix documentary, and this dude is in it too.
GenetheCook
I saw this as part of my Environmental Science class, and people bawled the entire day and had to leave school because they were so upset.
CCSAwesome
My mom won't touch my nipples like that
iusedtokickfootballs
If a black guy falls into a gorillas arms...who do the cops shoot!?!?
TheIrishPatriot
This guy seriously has the best job... How the hell do you get such an awesome gig
PitbullsPublicist
have your lively-hood threatened by poachers so the only way to survive is to protect the animals they are poaching.
TheZulthar
You don't cause it's Bella dangerous
PitbullsPublicist
Bella!
Nick11235
Stop being racist, calling him gorilla. You should be ashamed
ItsCaptain0bvious
#6 "Stop trying to knock me down!" - "You're stepping on my foot!"
Thatwhichhasnolife
Do we have to shoot another one?
DanteDevante
Now I don't need to see the new Tarzan movie
PantaloonPrincess
Did anyone else read this in a cool South African accent?
Bazzamatta
Harambe. Gone but not forgotten.
pazuzu
Poachers suck.
ABearTrappedInAMansBody
The Real Tarzan
Jakethesnake357
There are sooo many jokes here, racists.
knarlygoat
So majestic watching two monkeys play together.
MateriaCaelestis
And here we see an edgelord in his natural habitat
SuckMyFace
No need for gorilla glue there.
RADICALFREEDOM
Sure, Africa has problems. Africa also has solutions, probably the best solutions. If anyone can solve the world, it'll be Africa.
Clydefrogger
Please don't let one of them rip his face off.
freshprinceofconroe
That's Joseph Kony
abracadabrajahbuloneymahaboneyahyahyah
When you want to get to second base, but you're at Virunga National Park
sandwichesmakemehappy
Dude. No.
abracadabrajahbuloneymahaboneyahyahyah
Gorilla. Please?
MalinorTheMagnificent
Start killing EVERYONE in possession of any part of an endangered or protected species. No buyers = no $$$ = no poachers. Simple.
imsooriginal211
Yeah but... yknow... people might react badly to killing other people... maybe fines and imprisonment would be a tad better in this case
MalinorTheMagnificent
We do that now and that already is a failure.
CitizenDickbag
Uh instead of killing people, educating works. Chinese demand for shark fin plummeted when the government launched an education campaign.
salriella
Also find an alternative source of income for all the poachers.
MalinorTheMagnificent
Fuck them. Let them find their own legal jobs like everyone else.
salriella
Some people created something in a lab that looks so close to ivory you can't tell. Flood the market with it, it's no longer worth poaching.
MalinorTheMagnificent
Cubic zirconia hasn't lessened demand for diamonds and this idea won't lessen demand for animal parts.
mibango
The chinese.. Id be like a genocide lol
MalinorTheMagnificent
Evolve or die.
DidNotInhale
We should make it profitable not to hunt bush meat. Dont drive poaching underground force them to become us. Best way to destroy your enemy
MalinorTheMagnificent
Pay people not to be evil? Well hell, let's pay serial killers not to kill, rapists not to rape....you're insane.
1stLtObvious
But what if they inherited it as part of a bunch of stuff but didn't know it was in there and doesn't actually support poaching?
FromDenmarkWithHate
Not educating yourself is not an excuse.
1stLtObvious
Yes, because when someone inherits a storage unit full of random stuff from a relative, the first thing they think is "better make sure 1/2
1stLtObvious
...there is nothing in there that is unethical to own." It's totally not "It's all garbage!" or "It's all riches!" depending on relative.
1stLtObvious
I'm not saying poaching is okay, but sometimes the person who technically possesses it isn't aware it is even among their possessions.