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Cross River Gorilla Threats Overview

The Cross River Gorilla faces three main threats according to the document: 1) Proposed construction of a superhighway through their forest habitat which would demolish plants and trees, leaving them without a home. 2) Poverty and high demand for bushmeat has led locals to hunt and trade gorilla meat. 3) Local culture and belief that gorilla body parts can be used to heal illnesses puts them at risk of being hunted for these purposes.

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Cross River Gorilla Threats Overview

The Cross River Gorilla faces three main threats according to the document: 1) Proposed construction of a superhighway through their forest habitat which would demolish plants and trees, leaving them without a home. 2) Poverty and high demand for bushmeat has led locals to hunt and trade gorilla meat. 3) Local culture and belief that gorilla body parts can be used to heal illnesses puts them at risk of being hunted for these purposes.

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Learning activity 4

Evidence: The Cross River Gorilla

Part A

Read the following information about the Cross River Gorilla.

Fuente: SENA

I found three main threats:


first, They pretend to make a construction of a superhighway in the
forest, if they build this roads through the forest, they will demolish
almost all plants and trees, and as consequence the Cross River
Gorilla wouldn't have place to live in. Second , the poverty ,
population say, if They had a better economical situation, they
wouldn't trade with gorilla's meat. therefore the demand of bush
meat is high. and third it's culture, it's pretty normal to see in some
parts of cameroon that , if people get sick, they use body parts of
the Cross River Gorilla to heal themselves.

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