Reproduction in a second population of reintroduced western gorillas.

The article reports that two groups of reintroduced western gorillas, which consists of 53 western gorillas in the Batéké Plateau National Park, Gabon, have been released during 2001-2004 as part of a programme to re-establish the Critically Endangered western gorilla in the Batéké Plateau region of Gabon and Congo. It is noted that 43 of the total western gorillas are wild-born orphans of the bushmeat trade, and three wild-born orphans are rehabilitated in Congo for future reinforcement of the reintroduced population.