“So anything we can do to recycle our cell phones means that our wild gorillas have more space to live - and we want wild gorillas to remain wild.”Ĭalgary’s zoo has partnered with zoos and aquariums in Canada and the U.S. “When that mineral is mined the space where they (gorillas) live disappears which draws them closer to extinction,” said Archambault. The mining of coltan is reducing gorilla habitat according to Alison Archambault, the director of brand and engagement at the Calgary Zoo. The Calgary Zoo has six western lowland gorillas but their native habitat is in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where a mineral called coltan is hand-mined that is used in some cell phone parts. Recycling your cell phone could help allow wild gorillas to remain wild.
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