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CONSERVATION: Scientists Say Ebola Has Pushed Western Gorillas to the Brink
Gretchen Vogel
The combined threat of the Ebola virus and poaching has pushed western gorillas into the "critically endangered" category in the latest international ranking of species threatened with extinction.