The United Nations released a few days ago the cruel numbers of the rapidly decline in the number of Great Apes worldwide, which could mean the extinction of a good part of these species over the next 10 to 20 years.

Mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) – 880 individuals in three countries:

Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda and Rwanda

Lowland Gorillas of east (Gorilla beringei graueri) – 2000-10000 individuals:

Democratic Republic of Congo

Lowland gorillas of west (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) – 150,000 individuals:

In seven African countries

Cross River gorillas (Gorilla gorilla diehli) – 200 to 300 individuals:

Nigeria and Cameroon

The so-called pygmy chimpanzees (Pan paniscus) – 15,000 to 20,000 individuals:

South of the River Congo (DRC)

The four subspecies of chimpanzees present in 21 African countries (Pan troglodytes, Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii; ellioti Pan troglodytes, Pan troglodytes verus) – extinct in four countries – 294,800 to 431,000 individuals.

The island of Sumatra (Pongo abelli) – 6,600 individuals

The island of Borneo (Pongo pygmaeus) – 54,000 individuals (estimated in 2008 –  3000 deaths in average per year)