What is the biggest threat to gorillas today?

What is the biggest threat to gorillas today?

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The biggest threat to gorillas is man. It's quite simple. Man is hunting gorillas on this very day and have been for many years for bush meat. That's for meat to consume and to be sold in the mass markets, both in Africa and internationally. Man also contributes to the gorillas' habitat destruction. Central Africa is very, very rich in a number of minerals and also the logging industry is enormous there. So, in one way or another the habitat is reducing. As well as being hunted, this combination of threats to the gorillas is unfortunately reducing the number of gorillas in the wild.