Dakashi: The gorilla who became famous for the selfie with the ranger died in his arms

“It simply came to our notice then Virunga announces the death of the beloved mountain gorilla orphan, Dakashi, who was under his care Senkweke Center of National Park for more than a decade “, we read in the announcement of the official account in Instagram.

The mountain gorilla went viral some time ago when she posed in a selfie with forest rangers in her national park Republic of the Congo.
She even left her last breath in the arms of her rescuer.
THE Dakashi died at the age of 14 after a battle with a chronic illness at the hands of the ranger who saved her as a baby.

In 2007, the Andre Baουμa found her Dakashi, a few weeks then, next to her dead mother. Poachers killed her parents and Dakashi had leaned over their corpses. The baby, then, weighed a little over 5 kilos. The gorilla grew up in the African country gorilla orphanage.

To 2019 η Daskashi went viral after the selfie next to another orphaned gorilla, Deze and a park ranger. The two were the first orphans cared for by workers in his national park Congo, the center managed by the 49-year-old now Andre Bauma, who in her eyes Dakashi, was something like a father. “Whenever she sees me, she climbs on my back, as she would with her mother,” she said in an interview.

Another image that shocked the world was when the Dakashi lay down in the master’s arms Bauma. “I loved her as a child,” said the ranger Congo on the BBC. “Her cheerful personality made me smile every time I interacted with her,” he added.

According to Times More than 200 park rangers have been killed in the past 20 years to protect the declining monkey population on the war-torn east. Democratic Republic of the Congo.