Nyarusizi, a one-handed rare mountain gorilla sit on the wet, rotting
bamboo leaves in the bamboo forest of the Volcanoes National Park,
in northwestern Rwanda on in this Friday, 10/10/02 file photo.
The number of rare mountain gorillas grew by 17 % over the past 15 yrs
in central Africa despite years of warfare, poaching and human incursions into
the only habitat for the great apesa Rwandan wildlife official said Saturday 1/17/04.
(AP Photo/Rodrique Ngowi) - Sat Jan 17, 2:09 PM ET