Wildlife traffickers may have killed her family to capture her; rescued baby gorilla Bili begins a second life in Congo
- When Bili the baby gorilla was rescued from wildlife traffickers in Nigeria in 2023, she was sick, frightened, and so young that she needed constant reassurance from her human caregivers.
- For the next three years, she would sleep clinging to a rescuer, gradually recover from illness and learn to trust again.
- Now, after an international operation moved her to a forest sanctuary in the Republic of the Congo, the young western lowland gorilla is beginning another chapter, with conservationists hoping she may eventually return to the wild.
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- When Bili the baby gorilla was rescued from wildlife traffickers in Nigeria in 2023, she was sick, frightened, and so young that she needed constant reassurance from her human caregivers.
- For the next three years, she would sleep clinging to a rescuer, gradually recover from illness and learn to trust again.
- Now, after an international operation moved her to a forest sanctuary in the Republic of the Congo, the young western lowland gorilla is beginning another chapter, with conservationists hoping she may eventually return to the wild.
Sources: Times of India