In some African cities bushmeat is considered a delicacy although other Africans consider eating the bushmeat cannibalism and are adamantly against it. An education campaign is underway to eliminate the bushmeat trade and the Dewars are helping here too - as part of their education commitment in their mission statement. The mountain gorillas of Africa aren't expected to survive into the next century. In order to study gorillas in the wild, they must be left to the laws of nature, to fend for themselves. This freedom allows the intrusion of poachers, who will stop at nothing, even risking their own lives just to get a chance at the illegal profits the gorillas can bring.
Silverbacks are the leader of their clan.
They live much like tribal people, nomadic in nature. They are vegetarians, with a higher form of communication than herding or animal packs. Their sensitivity and level of understanding has been demonstrated in so many fashions. Such as Binti Jua, she became famous just last year. It seems a little boy fell into a gorilla enclosure at Brookfield Zoo in Illinois.