US EditionWhat to know about endangered gorillas and tourist tours tracking them
Tourism in Uganda’s Bwindi Park helps protect 27 habituated gorilla families and combats threats like habitat loss and disease, conservation groups report.
- On Sept. 24, World Gorilla Day highlights endangered gorillas, launched in 2017 to mark Dian Fossey's study-center anniversary, while Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable National Park hosts 27 habituated gorilla families.
- Conservation assessments show the International Union for Conservation of Nature lists gorillas as endangered, with three of four subspecies critically endangered, while habitat loss from forest conversion threatens their survival.
- Gorillas' life history shows they can live over 40 years and silverbacks weigh up to 180 kilograms; Murinzi, a Bwindi silverback, is notably solicitous toward his family.
- Tourism in Uganda has proven successful despite Dian Fossey, American primatologist and conservationist, cautioning it may alter gorilla behavior; visitors tracking gorillas must stay at least 7 meters away and avoid touching them.
- Scientists emphasize gorillas share up to 98% of their DNA with humans, while mountain gorillas occupy the Virunga Massif and western gorillas live in west and central Africa.
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What to know about endangered gorillas and tourist tours tracking them (World)
Sept. 24 is observed as World Gorilla Day. It was launched in 2017 to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the establishment of a Rwanda-based gorilla study center founded by Dian Fossey, the American primatologist and conservationist who gained global renown for her research. The gorillas Fossey s...
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What to know about endangered gorillas and tourist tours tracking them
World Gorilla Day is observed on September 24. It began in 2017 to mark the 50th anniversary of a gorilla study center in Rwanda founded by Dian Fossey.
World Gorilla Day is celebrated on 24 September. It was established in 2017 to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the creation of a gorilla study center in Rwanda, founded by Dian Fossey, the American primatologist and conservationist who achieved worldwide fame for her research.
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