Eastern Lowland Gorilla

      

• It is currently estimated that there are less then 5,000 eastern lowland gorillas left in the wild.

• The current threats they are facing include habitat loss, fragmentation, mining, poaching and civil unrest in the national parks.
  

• There are two separate subspecies of eastern gorilla including the eastern lowland gorilla, and mountain gorilla both which are endangered.
  

Subspecies of Gorilla	Estimated Remaining Numbers
Eastern Lowland Gorilla (Beringei graueri)	< 5,000
Mountain Gorilla (Beringei beringei)	< 700

Sea Turtles

•  It is hard to pinpoint an exact number of how many sea turtles are actually left in the wild, but for a species that use to have numbers in the millions, it is predicted that there are less then a million left now.

• The current threats they are facing include poaching, over exploitation, habitat destruction, marine debris digestion/entanglement, and more.
  

• Six of the seven sea turtle species are classified as threatened or endangered mainly due to human actions and lifestyles.

Subspecies of Sea Turtles	Global Status
Leatherbacks (Dermochelys coriacea)	Vulnerable
Greens (Chelonia mydas)	Endangered
Loggerheads (Caretta caretta)	Vulnerable
Hawksbills (Eretmochelys imbricata)	Endangered
Olive Ridleys (Lepidochelys olivacea)	Vulnerable
Kemp's Ridleys (Lepidochelys kempii)	Critically Endangered
Flatbacks (Natator depressus)	Data Insufficient

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