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# The Dangers of Saving Gorillas
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/nature/extras/the-dangers-of-gorilla-conservation/
- Published: 2024-09-25T14:15:57.000Z
- Updated: 2026-01-07T13:41:17.000Z
- Description: Conservationists put themselves at risk to habituate a notoriously protective 500-pound silverback.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Nature, #ZZZ_Show_1b3b1a16-4d15-417c-9287-bc59a89e1201, #geo-us, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Extra_ee8a652d-9d77-4105-8793-a8147fff0cac, #extra

Filmmaker Vianet Djenguet documents the dangerous but vital process of habituating a notoriously protective 500-pound silverback. Habituation is a last-ditch effort to save the critically endangered Eastern lowland gorillas from extinction but it does not come without risks.