I’ve just found Wildlife Direct, which hosts blogs for rangers protecting the wildlife in Africa. You might read Gorilla Protection and possibly say a prayer of thanks that, in all likelihood, when you describe what you do every day, it does not include the word “marauding,” except perhaps in jest.

There are roughly 700 Mountain Gorrillas left on earth, and two were killed and eaten as food by a rebel militia as rather disturbing forensic remains suggests. As you can read on Gorilla Protection, these particular gorillas were unfortunately accustomed to tourist groups and trusted human beings.

This is an excellent example of how blogging has provided a platform for those in isolated locations to communicate with more of the world and receive emotional (and financial) support for extremely difficult work.

Via Get Outdoors via National Geographic