An army of the world?s top primatologists and conservationists will meet in Paris this week to formulate an emergency strategy aimed at saving man?s closest relatives ? the great apes. But even as the international forum was being planned, a new tragedy was befalling these endangered species. Recent research has revealed that the spread of the deadly Ebola virus has devastated populations of gorillas and chimpanzees, hastening their relentless march toward extinction.
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