ITV News published this video item, entitled “How humans are making way for endangered mountain gorillas in Rwanda’s national park | ITV News” – below is their description.
As we climbed up the steep slopes of the Virunga Mountains, the peaks were still shrouded in mist. They often are.
Rwanda’s tallest peak, Mount Karisimbi, is 4507 metres (14,800 ft) high.
You understand how Sigourney Weaver’s 1988 film, Gorillas in the Mist, got its name.
We were here to see how this country has managed to save the Mountain Gorillas from the brink of extinction – a conservation project that’s been a victim of its own success.
With more than 600 of these creatures now living on the Rwandan side of these vast mountains, they’ve run out of room.
The Volcanoes National Park– Africa’s oldest – is simply not big enough.
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