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Wide shot of mountain gorillas.2. Mid shot of mother and infant gorilla walking through the forest.3. Mid of mountain gorillas amidst the trees.4. Mid...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eAP Television \u003cbr/\u003eUganda, Bwindi national parks (south western Uganda), 9th May 2009\u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide shot of mountain gorillas.\u003cbr/\u003e2. Mid shot of mother and infant gorilla walking through the forest.\u003cbr/\u003e3. Mid of mountain gorillas amidst the trees.\u003cbr/\u003e4. Mid shot of a mother mountain gorilla carrying a baby gorilla.\u003cbr/\u003e5. Wide shot of Bwindi forest\u003cbr/\u003e6. Various of tourists walking in the forest.\u003cbr/\u003e7. Wide set up shot of David Masiko, a warden for Bwindi National Park.\u003cbr/\u003e8. SOUNDBITE: (English) David Masiko, Warden, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Poachers used to kill these animals using spears because they could consider them as a bad omen, bad luck when you are going for hunting, that's why we don't move closer to them today with walking sticks, because they may memorise (remember) what used to happen during the horrible life they had.\"\u003cbr/\u003e9. Various of tourists walking in the forest\u003cbr/\u003e10. Wide of mountain gorillas eating leaves in the forest.\u003cbr/\u003e11. Mid of a mountain gorilla climbing a tree.\u003cbr/\u003e12. Wide of tourists looking at a mountain gorilla.\u003cbr/\u003e13. Mid of tourist taking photograph.\u003cbr/\u003e14. Various of mountain gorillas eating.\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eUganda, Bwindi national parks (south western Uganda), 10th May 2009\u003cbr/\u003e15. Various of traditional dance at the launch of 2009 gorilla year in Kampala.\u003cbr/\u003e16. Mid shot of minister launching gorilla year by cutting a tape at a gorilla monument.\u003cbr/\u003e17. Tilt up of the gorilla monument.\u003cbr/\u003e18. SOUNDBITE: (English) Moses Mapesa, Executive Director, Uganda Wildlife Authority:\u003cbr/\u003e\"In Uganda the mountain gorillas are a flagship species for tourism, our tourism industry has been boosted.\" \u003cbr/\u003eAP Television \u003cbr/\u003eUganda, Bwindi national parks (south western Uganda), 9th May 2009\u003cbr/\u003e19. Wide shot of a small town near Bwindi national park.\u003cbr/\u003e20. Various of children from the Bwindi Orphans Development Centre performing gorilla dance for tourists visiting the area.\u003cbr/\u003e21. SOUNDBITE: (English) Sulaina Tumwebaze, Trainer, Bwindi Orphans Development Centre: \u003cbr/\u003e\"We just entertain visitors they donate and some others do give sponsorship to them, through the donations we give them school fees and some other necessities.\"\u003cbr/\u003e22. Various of children from the Bwindi Orphans Development Centre performing gorilla dance \u003cbr/\u003e23. SOUNDBITE: (English): John Kennedy, Tourist\u003cbr/\u003e\"Unforgettable, something we have never experienced before and its one of the main reasons we came here. It's been great, it's amazing the amount of stuff they can remember more than me.\"\u003cbr/\u003e24. Various of gorillas in the forest.\u003cbr/\u003eOnly 700 mountain gorillas remain in the wild according to the  World Wildlife Fund (WWF) \u003cbr/\u003eContinuous threats such as hunting, war, disease, destruction of forest habitat and capture for the illegal pet trade have plagued mountain gorillas since their discovery 100 years ago. \u003cbr/\u003eHalf of the world's remaining mountain gorillas are found in Ugandan forests.\u003cbr/\u003eNow Ugandan wildlife and tourism authorities have embarked on an ambitious awareness campaign to educate local communities on the protection of the endangered species.\u003cbr/\u003eIt's here, deep in the thick forests of Bwindi National Park in Uganda that between 300 to 350 mountain gorillas make their home. \u003cbr/\u003eThe park is one of only two places in the world these rare and critically endangered animals exist. \u003cbr/\u003eAn estimated 350 more gorillas live on the Virunga range of volcanic mountains on the borders of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Rwanda and Uganda. \u003cbr/\u003eUncontrolled hunting, disease, war and loss of habitat have combined has combined to make the ancient existence of these magnificent primates difficult to maintain. \u003cbr/\u003eBut here in the Bwindi National Park, the gorillas have found a relatively safer haven  - away from poachers and trophy collectors  - at least for now.\u003cbr/\u003e\"Poachers used to kill these animals using spears because they could consider them as bad omen, bad luck when you are going for hunting,\" says Dave Masiko, a national Park warden, \"that's why we don't move closer to them today with walking sticks because they may memorise what used to happen the horrible life they had.\" \u003cbr/\u003eConservation of the mountain gorillas is maintained in Bwindi thanks to the National Park's thriving eco-tourism programme.\u003cbr/\u003eThe gorillas are conditioned to tolerate the presence of humans which allows Uganda to earn the much needed foreign revenue from tourism in the area.\u003cbr/\u003ePoaching has been a significant threat to the survival of mountain gorillas since they were first discovered in the early 1900s.\u003cbr/\u003eBy 1920 more than 50 mountain gorillas had been killed by scientists and trophy hunters.\u003cbr/\u003eToday infant mountain gorillas are still poached to be sold as pets or to zoos.\u003cbr/\u003eAdults are hunted for their body parts or sometimes fall victim to hunting snares intended to catch other wildlife.\u003cbr/\u003eThe Uganda slopes were declared a gorilla game sanctuary in 1931. \u003cbr/\u003eNow the United Nations Environment programme along with several other international conservation agencies including the Great Ape Survival Partnership (GRASP) have declared 2009 the Year of the Gorilla.\u003cbr/\u003eSupported by the Uganda Wildlife Authority, they aim to raise the profile of gorillas across the globe and focus international attention on implementing conservation programmes and activities that will improve their safety.\u003cbr/\u003e\"In Uganda the mountain gorillas are a flagship species for tourism, our tourism industry has been boosted,\" says Moses Mapesa, the Executive Director of the Uganda Wildlife Authority.\u003cbr/\u003eThousands of tourists head to the Ugandan slopes every year to get a close up view of the gorillas in their natural habitat.\u003cbr/\u003eBut it's not just gorilla spotting trips in the forest that is earning money for the country. \u003cbr/\u003eThese children from a small orphanage on the outskirts of the Bwindi National Park are performing a gorilla dance for tourists.\u003cbr/\u003eThe donations they receive are put towards providing necessities for the school.\u003cbr/\u003e\"We just entertain visitors they donate and some others do give sponsorship to them, through the donations we give them school fees and some other necessities,\" says Sulaina Tumwebaze, a trainer at the Bwindi Development Centre.\u003cbr/\u003e\"It's been 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