Mountain Gorilla Population Has Grown
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The number of rare mountain gorillas in central Africa has risen 17% over the last 15 years, despite war in the region, poaching and human incursions into the animals’ habitat, a Rwandan wildlife official said.
A census conducted in late 2003 showed the number of the endangered primates living in a mountain range straddling Rwanda, Congo and Uganda has grown to 380 from 324 in 1989, the time of the last census, said Fidel Ruzigandekwe of the Rwandan National Parks and Tourism Authority.
He said the increase was due to effective conservation programs. The census was conducted by Rwandan, Ugandan and Congolese wildlife experts.
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