Ugandan wildlife officials plan to introduce the largest ever family of captive gorillas into the wild. They're hoping to raise funds with the event by allowing Web surfing wildlife fans to track the gorillas on social networking sites, such as Facebook and MySpace.
Officials say funds would go toward more rangers, and more land to secure the gorillas' habitat.
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