Abby Fay
After watching a documentary on the Congo, I was moved and
disgusted by the images of cruelty I saw. This powerful image was captured
after a Congolese charcoal company decided they would massacre the gorillas in order to be able to utilize the high commodity wood that made up
their habitat. The villagers and park rangers had been fighting
to protect theseendangered creatures for years and were so disturbed
to see that they had been wiped out. They wanted the gorillas to have a proper
burial so they adorned them with leaves and flowers and buried them as they
would a friend or family member.
In this image, it shows one of the gorillas ceremonially
tied to logs and being paraded through the jungle to its final burial. The
effort being put into this transportation of the bodies is both touching and
saddening.
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