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Saving a Species: Gorillas On The Brink

ANIMAL PLANET JOURNEYS WITH NATALIE PORTMAN AND JACK HANNA TO RWANDA TO SHOWCASE MAGNIFICENT GORILLAS

-- Special to Air October 26 as Part of Emmy® Award-Winning Series SAVING A SPECIES --

(Silver Spring, Md.) – Deep in the mountain jungles of Central Africa, one of the rarest great apes, the mountain gorilla, wages a daily fight for survival. For decades their numbers declined because of habitat loss, disease, poaching and war. With newfound stability in the country of Rwanda, this critically endangered animal has new hope. But the mysterious killings of four critically endangered gorillas in the Volcanoes National Park, bordering Rwanda and Congo, in August sent shockwaves through the international conservationist community. Animal Planet, in a twist of fate, was there shortly before and filmed a television special documenting gorillas from this region and their desperate struggle to survive.

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