The last of the mountain gorillas
are in danger of disappearing.
A greedy oil company which cares
nothing for these marvelous creatures
Is illegally attempting to drill for oil
under Lake Edward,
which violates international law since
Lake Edward is in Virunga National Park.
This is the oldest national park in Africa.
Gorillas are so much like us.
They laugh. They cry.
They like to be held
when they hear the sounds
of the guns and the bombs
from the civil war in the Congo.
Gorilla parents have been
killed by poachers so that
their babies may be sold
on the black market.
They get sick.
Adult female Gashangi was just
diagnosed with melanoma. This is
the first known case in non-human
primates, not just in mountain
gorillas.
Does anyone care?
Should we just let them
become extinct?
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