Forest chimp trekking in Uganda’s Kibale National Park
by Dave Gibson
At the turn of the 20th century, there are estimated to have been one million chimpanzees living in the wild. Today, about 200,000 remain across equatorial Africa, scattered from Guinea through The Democratic Republic of the Congo, to western Tanzania and Uganda. Listed as an endangered species, the biggest threats to chimpanzees are habitat loss through logging, mining, and agriculture. The bush meat trade also exacts a heavy toll. What once was a practice of sustenance, has become commercialized with the meat being transported to big cities where it fetches a higher price.
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