Killer virus drives gorillas to extinction

AN EBOLA plague is killing thousands of gorillas and driving the great apes to extinction, researchers warned yesterday.

Killer virus drives gorillas to extinction

Scientists estimate that between 2001 and 2005 the virus killed 5,500 gorillas in just one 2,700 square kilometre region in west Africa.

The researchers tracked western gorilla groups and nests in and around the Lossi sanctuary in the Republic of Congo.

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