Natalie Portman’s Primate Priorities

Natalie Portman is using her fame to draw attention to the tragedy that is taking place in Rwanda.

No, she’s not trying to sound the alarm about the 800,000 people who were massacred in the 1994 genocide or alert the public that the danger continues to this day.

Rather, the “Revenge of the Sith” actress has teamed up with other celebs and is focusing her efforts on the plight of the Rwandan gorillas.

Portman joined other international celebrities at a ceremony to provide names for 23 baby mountain gorillas living in the African nation.

According to the World Wide Fund for Nature, there are only 720 mountain gorillas surviving in the wild in parks that spread out across Rwanda, Uganda, and the Congo.

Protecting the mountain gorillas is no doubt a noble cause, but in my opinion protecting humans still ranks No. 1.