Gorillas have been reclassified from endangered to critically endangered in September 2007 by the World Conservation Union (IUCN). The population of gorillas have decreased tremendously, no thanks to poaching, habitat loss and worse, the Ebola virus.Researchers are hoping to vaccinate the gorillas with vaccine originally developed for humans. The animals share many of our genes. Besides the need to develop the right vaccine, researchers will have difficulty getting hold of the gorillas for vaccination. They are very hard to find and are spread out over vast forests.
Source: LiveScience "Goodbye Gorilla: Vaccine Urgently Needed"
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