Saving the Mountain Gorillas.

From: The World and I | Date: October 1, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

Commemorating the hundredth anniversary of the European identification of central Africa's endangered mountain gorillas, the author, who has been working for 17 years to prevent their extinction, reflects on their future prospects--and ours.

Since my first meeting with Dian Fossey nearly 20 years ago, it has become clear that there is a connection between mountain gorillas and global issues confronting the human family.* Habitat destruction is a serious problem around the world; in Rwanda, home to roughly half the remaining 600 plus mountain gorillas, the already meager ...

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