In Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, conservationists and gunmen are close to open war. After the highly publicised massacre of five mountain gorillas late last month, the six surviving gorillas have been given a 24-hour armed guard.
The animals were not killed for their meat. Conservationists describe the killings as “executions – bullets to the head”. One theory is that the gorillas are victims of a conflict between those locals who see them as the basis for a tourist trade, and others who want them gone so they can use the forests to fuel a…
