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Africa's Great Apes in Peril

Posted by Hemos on from the decline-of-the-great-ones dept.

MiTEG writes "Scientific American is reporting that the number of great apes of western Africa declined by 56% between 1980 and 2002. The decrease is larger than previous estimates because it was found that deforestation is not the only substantial cause of population reduction. Other significant causes of death are poachers and the Ebola virus."

2 of 20 comments (clear)

  1. Re:URL extincted by jpkunst · · Score: 2, Informative

    This is a working link to the article.

    JP

  2. Here is an Unbroken Link by infernalC · · Score: 2, Informative

    The story at Scientific American can be reached from this link.