At least $25 million is needed to save the great apes such as gorillas and chimpanzees from the threat of extinction, a United Nations official said on Wednesday at the start of a three-day international conference in Paris. All great ape species risk extinction, either in the immediate future or at best within 50 years, because of the growing destruction of forests, poaching, the live-animal trade and the encroachment of humans on their habitat, the conference organizers said. A baby chimpanzee, rescued from pet dealers and brought from Southern Sudan to Kenya, is shown in its quarantine facility in Nairobi on March 13. (Patrick Olum/Reuters)
At least $25 million is needed to save the great apes such as gorillas and chimpanzees from the threat of extinction, a United Nations official said on Wednesday at the start of a three-day international conference in Paris. All great ape species risk extinction, either in the immediate future or at best within 50 years, because of the growing destruction of forests, poaching, the live-animal trade and the encroachment of humans on their habitat, the conference organizers said. A baby chimpanzee, rescued from pet dealers and brought from Southern Sudan to Kenya, is shown in its quarantine facility in Nairobi on March 13. (Patrick Olum/Reuters)
