Cameroon creates new park for gorillas
Category: Uncategorized | Date: Feb 27 2009 | By: paula
Today we send out congratulations to Cameroon for establishing a new Gorilla Park. Deng Deng park is the size of Chicago and is hometo 600 western lowland gorillas. Lowland gorillas are listed as critically endangered by the IUCN after populations crashed by more than 90% in recent years.
What a great way to start tGorillhe Year of the Gorilla
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4 Responses to “Cameroon creates new park for gorillas”
Theresa, on 27 Feb 2009
Wonderful news! Thank you for sharing.
paula, on 27 Feb 2009
Thanks Theresa, anything that saves more gorillas is good news. …watch this space for year of the gorilla activities
Pam, on 03 Mar 2009
Hooray!
steve Beard, on 01 Apr 2009
This is the best news i’ve heard in ages,after seeing the gorillas in D.R.C. in 2006 & realising how difficult everything is for them anything that can be done to protect them is a bonus.
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