AR-News: ILLEGAL LOGGING PRESSURES LAST FEW MOUNTAIN GORILLAS

[jim robertson]

ILLEGAL LOGGING PRESSURES LAST FEW MOUNTAIN GORILLAS

By J.R. Pegg
WASHINGTON, DC, July 6, 2004 (ENS) - Illegal deforestation has destroyed 
important mountain gorilla habitat within Africa's Virunga National Park, 
conservation groups reported on Monday. The park, located in the Democratic 
Republic of Congo on the border with Rwanda and Uganda, is home to more than 
half the remaining 700 mountain gorillas. Read Full Text  ENS.com

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