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As noted, the gorillas you will be able to observe in their natural habitat watching this webcam are endangered mainly because of poaching as they are eaten as bushment by those living in the area, particularly those displaced by the ongoing instability in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Such is their vulnerability to human incursion, even the Kahuzi-Biega National Park, where the largest groups of eastern lowland gorillas live, found itself invaded by poachers, logggers and miners who seek coltan which is an alloy used in cell phones and unfortunately widely available throughout the region habitated by the eastern lowland gorillas. This gorilla webcam is provided by the Gorilla Rehabilitation and Conservation Education Center (GRACE) near the Tayna Nature Reserve who work to provide a safe environment in general but who also care for rescued Grauer gorillas. As with our other webcams, as it is situated within a remote destination, the camera may not be functional from time to time and on those occasions a highlights feed will be shown.You can visit mountain gorillas at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda (map, below) when you visit the country. Tours are organised here.