Further Updates to the Red List
Further updates to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species was released during the IUCN World Conservation Congress earlier this month.
Articles Tagged with “gorilla”
5 Articles found tagged with “gorilla”.
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Collapse of Gorilla Subspecies
The decline can be traced back to the Rwandan genocide in 1994, which forced hundreds of thousands of refugees to flee the Democratic Republic of Congo (DCR), the only country in which the Grauer’s gorilla is found.
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Stolen Apes
The illegal trade is now driven by demand from international markets such as the tourist entertainment industry, disreputable zoos and wealthy individuals who see ownership of an exotic pet as a status symbol.
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The Case Against Snaring
The design of the snare means that animals are garrotted and subjected to an agonisingly slow death. Frequently, it is non-target animals that are caught, including otters, badgers, deer, pine marten and even domestic cats and dogs.
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Gorilla Tourism – A Double-Edged Sword
However, tourists pose a risk to the gorillas in the form of disease transmission. Mountain gorillas, who share 98.5% of our DNA, are extremely vulnerable to human disease, especially respiratory infections.