Diary: Protecting mountain gorillas (BBC)

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Diary: Protecting mountain gorillas (BBC)

On 22 July, armed men entered the Democratic Republic of Congo's Virunga National Park and killed five critically endangered mountain gorillas at point-blank range, leaving the bodies where they fell.

It brought this year's gorilla death toll to nine, and three of the great apes are still missing.

Rangers Diddy and Innocent monitor and protect the remaining gorillas in the war-torn region. In this weekly diary, they describe life on conservation's frontline.
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more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6983572.stm

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