Previous estimates, dating to the 1980s, put the number of western lowland gorillas at less than 100,000. But the animal’s numbers were believed to have fallen by at least 50 percent since then due to hunting and disease, researchers said. The newly discovered gorilla population now puts their estimated numbers at between 175,000 to 225,000.
This is excellent news. If you haven’t read Nat Geo’s “Who Murdered the Virunga Gorillas” published in last month’s Magazine, you should.
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