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Jun092010
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Conservation,
Kagame,
Kwita Izina,
Mountain Gorillas,
Rwanda,
Treehugger,
UNEP,
World Environment Day
Conservation,
Kagame,
Kwita Izina,
Mountain Gorillas,
Rwanda,
Treehugger,
UNEP,
World Environment Day Treehugger: To Save Endangered Baby Mountain Gorillas, Name Them (Slideshow)
Wednesday, June 9, 2010 at 06:11PM in
Profiles Worldwide, mountain gorillas are categorized as "endangered" and "critically endangered," with about 700 living in the in the Virunga mountain range of Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Uganda. This is the only region where the mountain gorilla population is known to be increasing. Poaching and deforestation remain the biggest threats to their existence.