"Gorilla Warfare" by Craig B. Stanford, The Sciences, Jul/Aug 1999, pp.18-23.

Summary Paper Jason Jorgenson 199-001-797 Gorilla Warfare "The fate of Africa's rarest apes hinges on battles over their territory as well as their taxonomy" Gorilla Warfare, Craig B. Stanford, The Sciences, Jul/Aug 1999, pp.18-23. Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, three of the most incendiary nations in Africa, are also home to some of Africa's rarest apes. Living high in the Virunga volcanoes is the last surviving population of mountain gorillas, …

…face extinction, relocation of gorillas from one area to the other, would not be acceptable. Taxonomy, therefore, poses just as real of a threat as do poachers and logging. Ultimately, the fate of Gorilla gorilla beringei will be decided by politics. If the three countries involved are somehow able to ease their conflicts and unrest, the gorilla may once again enjoy the protection and peace which they so deserve, and desperately require for their survival.