It Breaks My Heart to See Them Suffer.. We Must Help ; Exclusive: Rachel's Tears As She Crusades to Save Gorillas

Sunday MirrorMay 23, 2004

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THIS is the heart-stopping moment supermodel Rachel Hunter had a close encounter with a nine-stone gorilla.

For a split second she was worried - but six-year-old Twiggy was only playing. And in the end Rachel was enchanted by her meeting with one of nature's most magnificent creatures.

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It Breaks My Heart to See Them Suffer.. We Must Help ; Exclusive: Rachel's Tears As She Crusades to Save Gorillas

However, behind the playful images lies a tragic tale. Twiggy is one of a pitifully small number of Western Lowland gorillas left in Africa.

As a baby she had to watch helplessly as poachers butchered her parents in the Cameroon jungle. The tiny creature was then smuggled across the border to Nigeria and sold to a wealthy Lebanese businessman as an exotic house pet.

She was eventuall...

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