80 percent of gorillas live outside protected areas affected by increased demand for raw materials According to the WWF, about 2.7 percent of its specimens are lost each year, he warns.
On the occasion of World Gorilla Day celebrations on Saturday, September 24, the NGO is addressing the main risks of the 360,000 gorillas currently in existence. deforestation for timber or land suitable for agriculture, mining, oil and gas exploration and poaching He corners species to secretly sell his meat in upscale restaurants.
The NGO condemns that young are sold alive and adult specimens are hunted for their lives. commercialization of illegally chopped meat in secret markets and luxury restaurants. Likewise, adult males continue to be hunted for rituals, as even spooky items such as ashtrays made from the hands of stuffed gorillas are on sale.
actually exists There are 360,000 spread between the two species with four subspecies living in Central Africa. The most abundant, western lowland gorillas (gorilla gorilla gorilla) lives in the forests of West Equatorial Africa along with less than 300 Cross River gorillas (Good game. sweet), listed as Critically Endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
Grauer’s eastern gorillas (Gorilla beringei graueri), has lost more than 70 percent of its population in the last 25 years. Finally, there are just over a thousand mountain gorillas between the national parks of Bwindi (Uganda), Virunga (RD Congo), and Volcanoes (Rwanda).gb beringei).
On the occasion of World Gorilla Day, the NGO highlights its “relentless” fight against the illegal trade of the species, their meat and their offspring, and promotes conservation and sustainability among local communities, as well as restoring habitats and creating protected areas and ecological corridors. with training for tourism or reserve guards.
As a result of these efforts, mountain gorilla recovers after decades of war and intense persecution by poachers who killed entire groups of gorillas and their families to steal the young. Currently, there are 1,063 specimens with 24 pups born in 2021 in Volcanoes National Park (Rwanda) added.
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