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Protecting the Future

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Protecting the Future

DISRUPTING ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADE

A mountain gorilla is observed in Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo by an ICCN Congolese Conservation
Authority ranger as part of a gorilla census. This century, war and poaching have been very harmful to the mountain gorilla population. Estimates show total numbers dropping into the mid-hundreds at their lowest ebb. Conditions have improved somewhat, but gorillas remain an endangered species. Recent surveys indicate about 1,000 mountain gorillas are living in dense forests in Africa.

mountain gorilla in Virunga National Park


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