 Mountain gorillas

In January 2007, Congo Rangers in charge of gorilla protection from Virunga National Park reported through their blogs with WildlifeDirect that one solitary male, silverback mountain gorilla had been killed and butchered.A week later WildlifeDirect reported the death of another male mountain gorilla, later identified as Karema, in the same area.His remains, principally his head, had been dumped in a pit latrine.