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Mountain gorillas are found in central and West Africa. Humans are damaging the gorilla populations and habitats in various ways. Natives hunt the gorilla’s food and the Europeans hunt them for sport. There also is a black market for gorillas where their heads, skins and hands are sold to collectors. Also zoo collectors often kill whole groups of gorillas in order to take the infants for export. The mountain gorillas are also captured and used for medical Research. The gorilla’s small remaining habitats are being intruded on by domestic ca