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Rwanda Mountain Gorillas will name award

September 6, 2015 at 05:40 clock Last updated BST

The ceremony took place in Rwanda, where 24 children were given new names mountain gorillas.

The annual event aims to endangered species that highlight the country's efforts to protect threatened by deforestation and poaching.

Young gorillas, identified by supporters and researchers were in their wild habitat and not close to the actual event.

Reports Sophia Tran-Thomson.

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