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A gorilla has a new Facebook, Twitter and MySpace . He didn’t sign up for them himself, of course. The new networker is called Muhozi. He’s one of only 340 mountain gorillas in Uganda. It is part of a Ugandan Wildlife Authority to help protect the country’s mountain gorillas. The organization hopes to raise money to poachers. Many local hunters kill the apes for their . They also sell their body . Visitors to Facebook, MySpace and Twitter can donate a of one dollar to be Muhozi’s friend.

Gorillas are very animals. We must do everything we can to save them. It will be a if they all die out. Uganda’s gorilla-friend campaign is a great way to people. Hopefully, it will awareness of how gorillas are. Using new social tools like Facebook and Twitter should get more people to care. One dollar isn’t a lot. I know people who pay ten dollars for a cup of coffee. I think donating some money to save the gorillas is a thing to do. It’s better than having a coffee.