There are less than 800 Mountain Gorillas left in the world today. Around 400 Gorillas live in the Virunga Volcanoes area which spans Rwanda, The DR Congo and Uganda’s Mgahinga National Park and almost another 400 Mountain Gorillas live in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Uganda. Its critical that their habitat is protected. You can find out more about Mountain Gorillas through The Gorillas Organisation. Check out their website at www.gorillas.org

There are no Mountain Gorilla in captivity anywhere in The World.

Did you know that Mountain Gorillas share about 97% of our DNA?