The Mountain Gorilla Population
During the last 40 years, this poor animal has been the victim of obsessive deforestation and illegal hunting by exploitative poachers. Mountain gorillas also have another enemy, the public people see gorillas as bloodthirsty and primitive beasts, but they are very intelligent, curious creatures, and in real life, they have never attacked a human being, and their entire diet is based solely on plants and forest vegetation.
People have been unfairly discrediting these animals for years through caricatures and media manipulation, making them seem like monsters. Because of this, there is the possibility that these beautiful creatures disappear from this beautiful planet, all species deserve a place to live in this world.
It’s not too late to save this species of gorilla. Since 1989, the Global Wildlife Conservation Associations put them on the red list of the most endangered animals in the world. There have been conservation efforts to save this species, how to rebuild their forests, and safeguard the areas where they live.
During this time, more and more people have joined the conservation of the species.They have gathered more resources to solve the problem but it has become difficult due to the conflicts in Africa with long lasting arrest, making it difficult to recover their habitat.
Today, mountain gorillas are still in danger of extinction, but thanks to the efforts of zoologists, scientists, and rangers, the mountain gorilla population achieved an incredible increase in numbers from 300 to 1,063 individuals scattered across Uganda and Rwanda. In troops or social groups of wild gorillas under surveillance by study groups for conservation purposes.
Gorilla troops are composed of an adult male and 6 to 20 adult females and they're young and are under the protection of the male and he leads the group and guides them in search of food and keeps them safe from predators such as boas and leopards. During the nights the females and the young sleep in nests in the trees that they build using leaves and branches while the male sleeps in the forest bed.
It is thanks to the efforts of people that we can learn things like this about how smart gorillas are and more ways to protect them, but it’s not only them, this way we can help give a second chance to all animals on this beautiful planet.
Information from World Wildlife Fund
Revisited by Samuel J. Villalba G., Step 9
