Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Virunga Park Gorillas Conservation

Can clean energy save the gorillas of Virunga National Park? 

Virunga National Park is in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The mountain gorillas found here share 98% of their DNA with humans. A common cold could have consequences for this troop of gorillas. There are only about 800 of these gorillas left in the wild. There are people here who will hunt and kill some of the gorillas. In 2007, four were killed. This caused a world-wide reaction and the Congolese authorities felt the pressure to make a change. The Matebe hydroelectric plant is being planted for the gorillas so it can bring sustainable energy to the region for the first time. 

I think that this is important because there are a lot of animals in our world that are going extinct and we can't do much to help them. But finding a plant that can help bring back energy to the regions that those animals are going extinct, we can start saving the animals. Animals are very important to our world. 

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