Endangered Mountain Gorillas

Three baby mountain gorillas and an adult female have died in Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park last month, possibly from a combination of extremely cold and rainy weather.

About 680 mountain gorillas remain in the wild, making them one of the world's most endangered great apes.The primates are under threat from poachers, the destruction of their habitat, the live ape trade, disease and fragmentation.

These are one of the most gentle and beautiful creatures in the animal world. It's a shame how we are pushing them off the face of the earth.