Virunga Page #4

I will leave it!

They are advancing.

They're nearly at Kalengera.

We've got to hurry.

If everybody is there,

then we must start the evacuation.

Yes, let's evacuate everyone who's ready.

Hi, is everything okay?

No, he's really weakened.

What's caused it?

Diarrhea. He suffered from diarrhea

the whole night last night.

But yesterday, he played and he ate.

What is his name?

Kaboko.

Ah, he's the one called Kaboko.

He is suffering.

You see, he's suffering.

If they ask us

to hand over our arms...

Yes.

...we'll have to react fast

and hide them.

If they ask us to do that,

and I'm telling you I know them well,

it would be worse than you think.

If they are telling us

to hand them over...

You all know the situation.

The M23 rebels are about to arrive here.

Our role now is to protect the station.

It is very likely that this zone

falls under the control of M23.

And I am counting on you to stay with me.

Our role is simply to stay here

to watch over the station

which is there for the park.

If they come here,

we cannot fight against them.

I will be the last to leave Rumangabo.

-Stop, stop! Stop.

-Yes, yes, yes.

-Quickly, let's go!

-Get in.

-Here, here, here.

-Quick, quick, quick!

Going to Ihusi. Yes.

The Congolese army are

deploying around the station.

Rutshuru is under the control of M23.

Really?

There is going to be trouble here.

Yes, I think so.

They are my life.

So if it is about dying,

I will die for the gorillas.

We've been informed

that the enemy is on his way.

You know why we are here.

If they were to go further over,

we'd be between the hammer and the anvil.

Even here... we are between

the hammer and the anvil.

Yes.

They're here.

Yes, M23 are in Rumangabo.

The M23 rebels are here.

They've entered.

So there is nothing.

No more Congolese soldiers. They left.

The country is sold.

In the last few days,

we have had many wounded people.

The majority are children.

All these people were shot.

This one almost died

but we gave him a blood transfusion.

Do you know how old is he?

Five... he's five.

It's the money that fuels everything.

Now we can see the value of that park.

Yes, we are asking for a percentage.

They cannot exploit oil without us.

So now there are death threats coming.

Death threats, from both sides.

Some people are threatening

to kill de Merode.

It doesn't come from us,

we don't know from whom.

They know that the blockage

comes from him.

They are going to kill him.

We're going to celebrate.

There's an even smaller one.

It's only 3 months old.

You know that Kaboko was the only male

that we had here at the Senkwekwe Center.

In my heart, I still miss him.

I really miss him.

But I have started understanding

that these things happen.

And even the other gorillas,

especially Maisha...

Maisha also lost Kaboko.

But...

We are trying to realize life goes on.

I have accepted to give

the best of myself,

so that wildlife can be safeguarded

beyond all pressure.

Beyond all spirit of

greediness about money.

Beyond all things.

All that could happen to me...

I will accept it.

I am not special.

We cannot stand weak and say,

"SOCO, go ahead."

In the end, we will be judged...

if we just stand by as the park vanishes.

But our wish is that

this park lives forever.

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