WELCOME EVERYONE TO THIS NEW GROUP OF MINE.
I AM JUST LEARNING ABOUT THE GREAT ANIMALS. PLEASE BE PATIENT AS I STUDY AND GET THIS GROUP GOING.
PLEASE SIGN IN AND SAY HI.
Hi Mr. Bear and everybody!
I'm Melanie. Love gorillas. Glad that we have this new group committed to saving them!
I will try to transfer over some posts I have made about these magnificent animals from other groups, and look forward to getting to know all of you.
HI MEL, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE OFFER I HAVE FOR YOU BEING COHOST?
I KNOW THAT YOU CAN DO A GREAT JOB.
Hi folks..I'm with Tarzan ,defend the apes and chimps
thanks Mr Bear..no hurry, I'm sure your really enjoying
putting this site together.This is going to be exciting
seeing how you shape and mold your dream here....
thanks terry, i appreciate you being here.
love the picture. any info that you have or photo that you want to paste is more then welcome.
It's nice that you dedicate these miraculous creatures an own group.
I thank you for the invitation. I like gorillas very much.
Have you seen the film GORILLAS in THE FOG?
I HAVE SEEN IT IT WAS A LONG TIME AGO.
Thank's for the invite Mr Bear! The Gorilla is my favourite
animal and I sure hope that we will give them a chance to
survive in the wild. I hate to see these intelligent animals in
captivity!
.Baby Gorilla.
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Will be here as off and on! You know me...LOL!
DreamingSnake
LETS ALL GIVE A BIG THANKS TO MELANIE AND BEN FOR ACCEPTING MY INVATION TO BE A COHOST FOR THIS GROUP. 
THANKS FRIENDS
Thanks for the invite Anita. This does look like a great group.
I love gorillas and most other animals.
Hello MR BEAR, MELANIE, BEN and all dear friends I see here already! Thanks a million BEN for the invite. Gorillas are special, love them and hope to learn a lot about them and also be of all help that the group may need.
It is great to have a group dedicated to these Gentle Giants! Thanks.
welcome everyone that i have missed. i am doing my best to keep up with all the new members. i am so happy that you are all here.
i woulld like everyone to welcome our lastest and final cohost anita.
anita has beeen super in inviting her friends and is much appreciated!!!
WELCOME ERIC, CRYSTAL AND ALL THE OTHERS THAT HAVE JOINED US.
PLEASE HELP US SAVE THE GORILLA.
hey i just have time to stop in and say hi.
thanks to everyone for joining and keep inviting friends.
peace
Hi all, thanks for the invite Ben, I love gorilla's my favorite was Digit. Hope we can stop whats going on still, that took Digit's life Also there's a special on TV about Chimps: Chimpanzees: An Unnatural History
PBS, NATURE
Sunday, November 5th at 8 p.m. (ET)
we only have 14 more people to get to join to reach 100 members.
we can do it !!!!
Supposed I am 94th... Thanks Marcin for the invitation.
A beautiful group. Will be honest though, I will only visit it from time to time. In fact I am already a little overcommitted and I feel always guilty to join and not be able to bring my share. But I'll be there and I dutifully click every the race for the primates.
Stay tough.
Benny
Whether it's in Bwindi National Park in Uganda or in the Virunga mountains, the Gorilla is a species at risk!Their natural habitat has become"infested" with the smell of money as tours are relentless, interfering with the tranquility needed just to exist! It pains my heart and cuts through my soul so see the insanity going on just to sell body parts on the market; I believe in natural healing and have used Chinese Herbalist medicine> BUT ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! So I have "invited" myself to this group with my friend Melanie offering her welcoming words of thanks-Really the THANKS is from me to Mr. Bear & Melanie & the other hosts who initiated the Gorilla group!I am honoured and will do whatever I can to achieve "our" goals in favour of protecting the gorilla communities and their habitats.
Many years ago I found a paperback book in a garage sale called "The Education of Koko" by Francine Patterson & Eugene Linden (1983), for all these years I have held it close, respectfully! Now I have become part of the "circle" - their circle of Light - and I am grateful. rosemary
I just wanted to wish everyone blessed holidays.
Sorry, I don't have any cute gorilla pics for my holiday wish. Love and light, Hope
HELLO EVERYONE,MY NAME IS PRINCESS & ITS NICE TO BE HERE. I LOVE GORILLAS.THANKS ANITA FOR THE INVITE.ITS NICE TO SEE MY FRIENDS DIANE & STEVE.SO SWEET.
Hello everyone! I joined this group a few weeks back but have neglected to introduce myself....How positively rude!!!
My name is Diana and great apes are my passion!
Cheers!!
Love & hugs - Ivy
Thanks larry
Dear Ben:
Thank you for the invitation to our Gentle Giants, the pictures I saw of them, theses Giants should be protected always. I hope we could help these Gorillas and learn more about them.
Looking forward to hearing more from the group.
Susan O.
Hi I am Debbie and am here thanks to Larry for the invitation.Thank You Larry-You Rock!!!! I love all animals and feel much more needs to be and can be done to protect the much endangered Gorillas. Great group of people here I see as well. Hope to get to know all of you very soon.
HI EVERYONE SORRY I HAVE NOT BEEN AROUND MUCH. BUSY WITH TWO NEW JOBS.
Hi Everybody!
My name is Grace I just discovered this group a couple of days ago...looks like a great group. There are so many familiar faces here already! Hi to all! 
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You have a great day too Makala...great to have you in this group as well!
Hello Anita and everyone. Just stopping by to visit the site and see how my Gorilla friends are doing.
to all the new members! I've been away on the other side of the world these past three months with no internet so I wasn't able to come into this great group for a while. Now that I'm back, I'm looking forward to catching up with all my old friends, and getting to know the new people.
Thanks for coming, and make yourselves at home!!
Hello All!
I was invited by my lovely "Favorite Hungarian", Anita Benko...and you KNOW it's not possible to say "no" to her!
Thank You Anita! 
you are absolutely correct, it is impossible to say "no" to Anita... thank you, Anita, for the invitation...
and, hello all....
Charles
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everyone!!
thanks anita you have invited in gorilla group. i am proud to be in this group . i appreciates all members for assept me
bharat
Even more new members! Great! A big huge welcome toTina, Charles and Bharat.
Thanks Anita for your warm welcome back. It's great to be on care2 again...three months without it is a long time! 
But I got a lot of brainstorming done whilst I was computer-less, so hopefully I can turn some of those ideas into action that can help out the creatures that we love so much. 
I'm just getting used to being back on this side of the world and I'm off again in two weeks - back to Australia, but it's going to be a permanent move this time so I should only be internet-less for a few days this time around. 
Once again, the warmest of welcomes to all our new members. Thanks for coming and I look forward to working with you to make a difference to these magnificent creatures!
TO ALL MY GREAT FRIENDS HERE AT CARE2. I AM SORRY THAT I HAVE BEEN SO BUSY TRYING TO SAVE BEARS THAT I HAVE NOT SPENT MUCH TIME HERE WITH ALL OF YOU. I WAS TERRIBLY SADENED WHEN I SAW THE KILLING OF THAT GORRILA TROUP.
THANKS YOU ALL WHO ARE TRUE FRIENDS AND I LOVE ALL THE SUPPORT THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN ME.
Anita - Thank you so much for the invitation. These wonderful primates are a joy to watch. Even still pictures are beautiful. Their social groups are amazing.
I'll adopt a gorilla too and post the pics. 
Hello all Primate lovers!!
I am Tony from Nottingham, England reminding you that now is a critical time.
The European Commission (EC) is currently revising the law - known as Directive 86/609 - that governs animal experiments across Europe.
86/609 is a hugely powerful Directive that has power of life and death over millions of animals across the continent - setting out minimum standards for how and whether animals can be used in experiments.
A staggering ten million animals are used in outdated and wasteful experiments in European laboratories every year. The Directive is supposed to ensure "the protection of animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes" but the huge numbers show that it’s just not doing that.
There is a real possibility that with enough support the EC will ban all primate tests as part of the revised law.
Written Declaration 40/2007 urges the European Parliament to use the revision process of Directive 86/609/EC as an opportunity to establish a timetable for replacing the use of all primates in scientific experiments with alternatives. The Declaration will fall on 7th September and the signatures of half the MEPs in the Parliament is needed by then.
If you care about animals visit the following website to urge them to sign Written Declaration 40/2007.
http://www.navs.org.uk/take_action/39/0/885/
If you want to do more:-
Please write to the European Commission and ask them to ban primate tests. To help, a prepared letter can be found at
http://www.eceae.org/saveprimates/en/action.html
The address is:-
Mr. Stavros Dimas
Commissioner for Environment
European Commission
B-1049, Brussels, Belgium
For information on Alternatives to Animal Testing and why they work visit the Dr Hadwen Trust
For further information:-
http://www.greenparty.org.uk/news/2987
Thank You
