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By Laura Klappenbach, About.com Guide to Animals / Wildlife since 2001

Gorillas, Chimps and Orang-utans Face Extinction

Wednesday November 26, 2003
The United Nations has proclaimed that gorillas, chimpanzees, pygmy chimpanzees (bonobos), and orang-utans are now faced with a disturbingly high chance of within the next 50 years. Read more in the BBC's article, UN's clarion call for great apes. Also, find out additional facts and ways you can help at the United Nations Environment Programme's Great Apes Survival Project website.

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