ENDANGERED they may be, but there is new hope that the great apes, our closest biological relatives, can be saved from extinction – despite WWF’s bleak prediction on Monday that wild orang-utans could disappear within 20 years. A survey due for release later this month will show the mountain gorillas of Rwanda are on the road to recovery.
The gorillas living in the Virunga National Park have increased their numbers to almost 700 from a low of 400, according to the joint survey by WWF, the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund, the International Gorilla Conservation Programme and the governments of the countries…
