A gorilla being marched along immediatedly after its capture in the Belgian Congo, circa 1960.
Photo by H. Goldstein/Central Press
British captain A. Gatti and two pygmies with a 500lb gorilla strung from a pole, which the captain shot in the Tchibinda forest in the Lake Kivu region, Democratic Republic of the Congo, circa 1930.
Photo by General Photographic Agency
A group of African tribespeople squat round a huge dead gorilla, January 1932.
Photo by Topical Press Agency
Tribesmen stand by a captive gorilla, circa 1925.
Photo by General Photographic Agency
Taxidermists at work stuffing a gorilla at the Natural History Museum in London, 1968.
Photo by Chris Ware/Keystone Features
Conservation Rangers work with locals to evacuate the bodies of four Mountain Gorrillas killed in Virunga National Park, Eastern Congo, 2007.
Photo by Brent Stirton