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• July 31: In this photo provided by the Wildlife Conservation Society, a group of gorillas in the Republic of Congo watch a sitatunga walk past them. A new census conducted by WCS and the government of the Rupublic of Congo tallied more than 125,000 western lowland gorillas in the northern part of the country. Previous estimates from the 1980s placed the entire population of western lowland gorillas, which occur in seven Central African nations, at less than 100,000.
• July 31: This photo provided by the Wildlife Conservation Society shows a western lowland gorilla in the wild of the Republic of Congo. A new census conducted by WCS and the government of the Republic of Congo tallied more than 125,000 western lowland gorillas in the northern part of the country. Previous estimates from the 1980s placed the entire population of western lowland gorillas, which occur in seven Central African nations, at less than 100,000.
• July 31: In this photo provided by the Wildlife Conservation Society, a baby gorilla shouts from atop its mothers back in the Republic of Congo. Female gorillas produce on the average one baby about every five years. A new census conducted by WCS and the government of the Republic of Congo tallied more than 125,000 western lowland gorillas in the northern part of the country. Previous estimates from the 1980s placed the entire population of western lowland gorillas, which occur in seven Central African nations, at less than 100,000.
• July 31: In this photo provided by the Wildlife Conservation Society, a western lowland gorilla silverback is seen among members of a group in the Republic of Congo. A new census conducted by WCS and the government of the Republic of Congo tallied more than 125,000 western lowland gorillas in the northern part of the country. Previous estimates from the 1980s placed the entire population of western lowland gorillas, which occur in seven Central African nations, at less than 100,000.

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