Hundreds of people running
through the streets of London, dressed in gorilla suits, may sound like
monkeying around, but it’s actually pretty serious.
While the annual Great Gorilla
Run is a pretty fun event, the reason behind the event is very serious. The
number of Mountain gorillas around the world is declining rapidly, and if
something radical isn’t done soon, our children will probably know them as an
extinct species. Through the Great Gorilla Run, the Great Gorilla Organization
is trying to raise money for saving the endangered
primates.
The seventh edition of the Great
Gorilla Run saw 700 fake gorillas (about as many Mountain Gorillas are in the
wild today) line up at the starting line, for a 7 kilometer run through London.
The wacky race started in central London, in front of the Minister Court, went
on along the Thames to St. Paul’s Cathedral, past Tower Bridge, and all the way
to the Tate Modern Art Gallery.
Participants were dressed in
various gorilla outfits, from Scottish gorillas, to businessmen gorillas and
even a gorilla impersonating Che Guevara.
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