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Underwater Underdogs Watching Gorilla’s

Stories of human communities on the front line of Mbanda, a Bakaya tribesman, leads us expertly to
climate change are increasingly common but where lowland gorillas were last seen. The Bakaya
what about wildlife? At the Cornish Seal Sanctuary have incredible insight into these gorillas’ lives, but
Georgina Shannon, the centre manager introduces they didn’t always have a friendly relationship; they
us to a rehabilitated seal’ as we follow its release. Our used to illegally kill them for bushmeat. The gorillas’
seal story makes climate change a tangible reality for population dwindled, and something needed
animals and humans alike. to change. Thanks to the Primate Habituation
Programme, who turned to the gorillas’ main enemy,
the Bakaya, for the tribe’s hunting skills to find and
help the gorillas. Today they earn a living, not from
poaching, but from introducing researchers and
tourists to their new friends.

Genre: WaterBear Impact Productions Genre: WaterBear Impact Productions
Format: 1 x 6’ / HD / 2021 Format: 1 x 4’ / HD / 2020
Credits: WaterBear Network Credits: WaterBear Network

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