WASHINGTON — A first-of-its-kind intensive count of western Africa gorillas found far more of the apes than conservationists previously thought. They put the 2013 population at 362,000 gorillas. But it’s also significantly less than the 2005 assessment of almost 450,000 gorillas from the same research team. Gorillas are hunted as food, and Maisels blames that for much of the population drop. “We used around 20,000 nests,” Maisels said, referring to both species.

Source: National Post April 25, 2018 18:00 UTC