SAVING CONGO'S GORILLAS

摘要

The Genetic Differ-ence between a gorilla and a human being is tiny-we share 98.4% of our DNA. But the gorillas of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the people who care for them share far more than just genes. Both are victims of a years-long war that has ravaged Central Africa, killing humans and gorillas alike. The fighting-along with the constant threat of poachers, disease and loss of habitat from deforestation-has taken its toll on the already critically endangered population of mountain gorillas in the region. Just about 800 survive globally, most of them in the Virunga Mountains, which range through Congo, Rwanda and Uganda.