BY FRANCIS ILAHAKA
Great apes are mankind closet relatives,but the
struggle to successful to co exist remains a challenge in Their fate
is Ours
Humanity of Great Apes a photo exhibition presented by
the Great Apes survival partnership GRASP from October 3.21 at the
Alliance Francaise in Nairobi has full details about there life
span
The unique exhibition features intimate portraits of gorillas,
chimpanzees and orangutans taken by GRASP manager Dr Johannes
Refisch, during his travels through Africa and parts of Asia
The
Fate is Ours The Humanity of Great Apes is presented in
association with Volcanoes Safaris.Great apes exist in 23 Countries
many of which are Francophone, but face severe extinction
threats from human encroachment, habitat destruction, illegal
hunting and disease
Refisch,s images include gorillas in Congo, Dr Congo and Rwanda,
chimpanzees in Tanzania and orangutans in Indonesia and Malaysia,
and exhibit both in sheer power and the delicate grace of the great
apes. He also captures the close inter-play between apes and human,
which often comes at a terrible cost.
In some areas, the great apes find themselves literally living
side by side with human Refisch said. In Rwanda the communities
from right up to the edge of the national parks and interaction
between gorilla and local populations is becoming common. There
is no longer any distance between them according to the unique
exhibition which had become the major attraction in the city
All species of great apes are classified as endangered and some
such as Cross River gorillas in West Africa and Sumatran
orangutans are considered critical.
Over 60 photos comprises
the exhibition which will later visit other sites in East Africa and
Europe, Refisch is a trained ecologist who has worked as research
scientist and conservationist for more than 20 years. He has
supported financially and technically by the Foto Woiff company in
German since 1997.
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