Last hope for great apes is vaccination against the rapid onslaught of disease
by Robin McKie from Environment | The Guardian on (#19YV0)
Scientists warn that wild ape populations, already devastated by poachers and habitat loss, now face a new threat from Ebola and other viruses
Vaccine campaigns to protect wild chimpanzees, gorillas and orang-utans could be the only hope of preventing the planet's remaining great apes from suffering catastrophic population crashes, scientists have warned.
They say that recent surveys of several populations of great apes have revealed devastating drops in numbers and that protective steps must now be taken as a matter of urgency.
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