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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Environment
Jack Dutton

How Uganda’s endangered mountain gorillas survived the pandemic

A gorilla trapped in a snare in Bwindi forest, Uganda [File: Jack Dutton/Al Jazeera]

Bwindi, Uganda – According to legend, the Batwa pygmy forest dwellers of southwestern Uganda have lived in the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest for more than 300 years, sharing their home with the majority of the world’s endangered mountain gorillas, but also being wary of them.

If the Batwa met a gorilla in the forest on the way to a hunt, they would feel like they met a bad omen, Wilber Tumwesigye, one of the Bwindi ranger guides told Al Jazeera.

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