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How Do You Save Endangered Gorillas? With Lots of Human Help

Associated Press

   KINIGI, RWANDA - Deep in the rainforest of Volcanoes National Park, a
   23-year-old female gorilla named Kurudi feeds on a stand of wild
   celery. She bends the green stalks and, with long careful fingers,
   peels off the exterior skin to expose the succulent inside.

   Biologist Jean Paul Hirwa notes her meal on his tablet computer as he
   peers out from behind a nearby stand of stinging nettles.

   The large adult male sitting next to her, known as a silverback, looks
   at him quizzically. Hirwa makes a low hum -- "ahh-mmm" -- imitating the
   gorillas' usual sound of reassurance.

   "I'm here," Hirwa is trying to say. "It's OK. No reason to worry."

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