Gorillas in Central Africa May Be Extinct in Ten Years

Posted by NG Kids in News Bites on March 25, 2010
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Poaching and the spread of the Ebola virus may cause a quick extinction of gorillas in central Africa, according to a new study by the United Nations. An increase in the human population, logging, and mining for minerals used in cell phones also contribute to the gorilla decline.

Gorilla populations are down from about 17,000 in the mid-1990s to 5,000 eastern lowland gorillas today.

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Comments

  1. emshemie3
    March 25, 2010, 1:56 pm

    This news should make everybody go bananas!

  2. CJ299
    March 26, 2010, 7:23 am

    Hey,Everybody out there PLEASE(please,please) HELP THE GORILLAS!!!

  3. PurpleAnimalLUV
    March 26, 2010, 7:29 pm

    CJ299 I agree 1,000%. When one species goes extinct, a whole bunch of animals is affected and somewhere along the chain, we’re affected. So PLEASE HELP THE GORILLAS!!!!!!!!!!!!

  4. mwash24
    March 28, 2010, 11:11 pm

    help them gorrillas they love you <3

  5. g22
    March 29, 2010, 8:45 am

    oh!that’s shocking news.We should no do that to our goilla population.after all thy are also a part of the precious wildlife.

  6. 2whitie
    June 4, 2010, 3:52 pm

    Gorillas!!! Gorillas!!! Save the Gorillas!!!!

  7. drake
    October 12, 2010, 11:42 am

    oh my good Everyone should just stop KILLING THINGS.What is the world comming too!

  8. etiler
    April 19, 2012, 9:54 am

    Thank you for sharing

    Etiler

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