Photo: #An endangered Western Lowland Gorilla is seen in an exhibit at the San Francisco Zoo in San Francisco, California.
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An endangered Western Lowland Gorilla is seen in an exhibit at the San Francisco Zoo in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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A small victory for conservationists

Broadcast: Midmorning, 08/08/2008, 10:45 a.m.

A large number of critically endangered gorillas has been discovered in the Republic of Congo, and researchers can now double their estimated population size.

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  • Anne Pusey: Director of the University of Minnesota's Jane Goodall Institute Center for Primate Studies.

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