ฟ้าผ่าคร่าฝูงกอริลลาภูเขาหายาก “แม่ลิงท้อง” สังเวยด้วย สลดทั้งโลกเหลือแค่พันตัว

ฟ้าผ่าคร่าฝูงกอริลลาภูเขาหายาก : Four rare mountain gorillas, including a pregnant female, have died in Uganda after being hit by lightning, a conservation group says. The three adult females and a male infant were found in Uganda’s Mgahinga National Park with “gross lesions” on their bodies indicating electrocution. /GETTY IMAGES/

ฟ้าผ่าคร่าฝูงกอริลลาภูเขาหายาก : Members of the Hirwa group were photographed in 2012. /GETTY IMAGES/

“This was extremely sad,” Andrew Seguya, executive secretary of the GVTC, told the BBC. “The potential of the three females for their contribution to the population was immense,” Dr Seguya said. /AFP via GETTY IMAGES/

Where mountain gorillas live. In 2018, the mountain gorilla was removed from the list of critically endangered species, after intensive conservation efforts. /BBC/

File Photo: Endangered mountain gorillas from the Bitukura family, play inside a forest in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in the Ruhija sector of the park, about 550 km west of Uganda’s capital Kampala, 2013. REUTERS

Samples from the post-mortem are currently being tested and confirmation of the cause of death is expected within the next three weeks, GVTC said. /GETTY IMAGES/