22 September 2017

Liberian Park Protects Critically Endangered Western Chimpanzees



The establishment of Grebo-Krahn National Park in southeastern Liberia was approved by the country’s legislature in August 2017. The 961-square-kilometer (371-square-mile) park is home to an estimated 300 western chimpanzees. There are about 35,000 Critically Endangered western chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) left in the wild, and Liberia is home to 7,000 of them.


Read More: https://news.mongabay.com/2017/09/liberian-park-protects-critically-endangered-western-chimpanzees/


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