Populations of eastern lowland gorillas have suffered tremendously over the past decade. Their numbers have fallen sharply, from 17,000 gorillas in 1994 to only 5,000 in 2004. But a multi-million dollar grant from Conservation International and the Global Conservation Fund provides the hope and resources so desperatly needed to save these endangered animals.

It seems inconceivable that humans might let our closest living ancestors slip irreversibly into extenction. Yet populations of great apes and other primates continue to suffer. For more information about endangered primates and what you can do to help, please visit the following sites:

• Jane Goodall Institute
• Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International
• Mountain Gorilla Geomatics Project
• Great Apes Survival Project
• Mountain gorillas escape poachers
• Apes habitat vanishing fast
• Endangered primate rescue center

"When you realize the value of all life, you dwell less on what is past and concentrate on the preservation of the future." --Dianne Fossey