Endangered mountain gorillas ‘killed by lightning’ in Uganda

The four were members of a group known as the Hirwa family that had crossed into Mgahinga national park from Rwanda

Four endangered mountain gorillas, including three adult females, have been killed by an apparent lightning strike in a Ugandan national park, a conservation group has said.

A post-mortem examination has been performed on the four, including a male infant, who died on 3 February in Mgahinga National Park in south-west Uganda.

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