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__THE__ __MOUNTAIN__ __GORILLA__
There are probably about 600 mountain gorillas left in central Africa.They don´t have enought forest to live in.



The gorilla exting

MGSZ was established in 1986 as the first organization of its kind, providing veterinary care for free-ranging mountain gorillas. This species lives on thbrink of extinction, with no fall-back breeding population in sanctuaries or zoos. The many threats to the mountain gorilla--in addition to naturally-occurring health problems--includepoaching, war, and habitat loss, as well assusceptibility to human anddomestic animaldiseases. For more about our patients andrecent events

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Africa's most densely populated country, Rwanda, is a former Belgian colony of only 26,000 square kilometers. Referred to as "the land of a thousand hills," its balmy climate and rich volcanic soil are excellent for agriculture, yielding the country's leading cash crops of sweet potatoes, coffee, and tea. //Right: Photo by Nick Faust, courtesy of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International.//On April 6, 1994, Hutu extremists in Rwanda murdered perhaps 800,000 people in 100 days. Many of the slaughtered were Tutsi and moderate Hutu, among them the core of the country's academic, scientific, and technology community. The carnage stopped when Tutsi rebels ousted the Hutu extremist government, launching the country into the difficult journey of rebuilding in the aftermath of war.

THE BLACK RHINOCEROS
All rhinos are extremely rare today. But the black rhino,which lives mainly in Zimbabwe, is the most threatened by the illegal trade in rihino horn.Thre may be less than 3,500 alive today.

 The rhinoceros or rhino is one of the world's most magnificent creatures with its almost Prehistoric appearance. Sadly the [|five species of rhino] are also among the group of animals most threatened with extinction (endangered). Three of these rhino species are found in Asia: the [|Indian] or one-horned rhino (population about 1 500), the [|Sumatran] (population about 200) and the [|Javan] (population about 50). The three Asian rhino species are well protected and their numbers have remained steady. The other two rhino are found here in Africa: the white rhino (numbering about 4 500 - 5 000) and the black rhino (population about 3 000). The population of the [|black rhino (//Diceros bicornis//)] is steadily declining. From a total number of at least 100 000 in 1960, spread across most of Africa south of the Sahara Desert, there are today fewer than 3 500 black rhino left. Most of these survive in southern African countries where there are good protection measures e.g. South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe. However poachers are managing to kill rhino in all three of these countries, despite protection. Numbers in South Africa have increased from about 100 to almost 700 since 1930. || ||
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