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Coronavirus: Calls to protect great apes from threat of infection

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BBC News

Publication Date
2020-03-25

Conservation experts are calling for urgent action to protect our closest living relatives, the great apes, from the threat of coronavirus. New measures are needed to reduce the risk of wild gorillas, chimps and orangutans encountering the virus, scientists warn in a letter in Nature. Habitat loss and poaching are big threats to the survival of great apes, but viruses are also a concern.

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https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-52036712