Rare Cross River Gorillas Captured in Professional Footage
The Cross River Gorillas have been named the rarest subspecies of Gorilla, and just recently, the first professional footage has been captured according to the Wildlife Conservation Society. These gorillas live in the densest part of the jungle in Cameroon and are very rarely spotted, little less captured on film of any sort.
The Cross River Gorillas are listed as critically endangered by the IUCNs Red Cross List. It’s estimated that there’s less than 300 living between Nigeria and Cameroon. The professional footage was taken at Cameroon’s Kagwene Sanctuary Gorilla Sanctuary where about 16 gorillas live. Camera people staked out a fig tree believed to be a popular feeding spot in order to get the footage.
In the sanctuary, the Cross River Gorillas are protected. But, they have become extremely endangered in other areas due to hunting and poaching.
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