Gorillas slaughtered

July 27, 2007
From UNESCO

This is not directly about climate change but about the same attitudes that have gone into causing climate change. This is a story about the slaughter of the a dwindling population of Mountain Gorillas. Seven have been killed this year. This is about pure human selfishness

From New Scientist:

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 booming trade in charcoal.

Sound familiar?

Read the first article.
Read the second article.