This is the love
A 2-month-old gorilla called Ndakasi was rescued by Virunga National Park
rangers in the Congolese bush in 2007. Her mother's life had been cut short
by poachers, and she had been discovered holding her mother's body.
However, Ndakasi's narrative is one of kindness and love despite her
unfortunate origins.
Ndakasi soon met Andre Bauma, the keeper of the gorilla orphanage in the
park, after she had been rescued from the wild. Bauma never left the little
gorilla's side throughout her vulnerable first night away from her
mother.
The park workers said that "Andre held baby Ndakasi tightly to his bare
chest to keep her warm and give her comfort through a torrential rainstorm
that lasted all night."
However, Ndakasi not only survived the night because of Bauma and the other
staff members at the orphanage. She would eventually have a happy and
healthy childhood.
Ndakasi was seen with her loved ones in a sweet photo that the park
released in 2019.
Each day of Ndakasi's existence was a privilege given the circumstances
surrounding her rescue as a helpless child. But regrettably, it was cut
short too soon.
Ndakasi died of a disease at the age of 14 this week, according to the
gorilla's keepers. Her final moments showed a legacy of love, despite the
terrible fact that she was lost at such a young age.
According to the park, "Ndakasi took her last breath in the loving arms of
her caregiver and lifelong friend, Andre Bauma."
Even if Ndakasi is no longer with us, her memory will live on. And those
who gave her a second chance at happiness will keep working to give orphaned
gorillas like her hope.
The guardians at the refuge in Virunga National Park wouldn't have it any
other way.
We are connected by a link, Bauma remarked. The guards and the gorillas
have "a very, very close relationship."
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