How did they become endangered?

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  1. Habitat Loss: Humans have moved more into their territory, causing the gorillas to live farther up in the mountains and experience dangerous and lethal conditions.
  2. Disease: When mountain gorillas come into contact with humans, they are susceptible to human diseases, which gorillas experience in worse forms. Mountain gorillas can die from the common cold.
  3. Charcoal: In Virunga National Park, humans have illegally harvested charcoal for fuel, destroying gorilla habitats.
  4. Poaching: Mountain gorillas can get caught in the crossfire by hunters out for other animals.
Mountain Gorilla hit with COVID-19
Hit with respiratory illnesses
Works Cited

“Mountain Gorilla.” WWF, World Wildlife Fund.