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MURDER IN THE CONGO!

Murder in the Congo!

Tuesday, July 08, 2008

This is a repost that I consider too important to ever forget. .."On July 22 of last year( 2007) unknown assailants crouched in the forest, preparing to execute a family of gorillas. Hidden on a side slope of the Mikeno volcano in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, armed with automatic weapons, the killers had hunted down the twelve-member Rugendo family, well-known among tourists and well loved by the rangers of Virunga National Park." From National Geographic link below. Seven of this Gorilla family were found executed, shot in the back of the head or just plain gun blasts to the chest. Words like "executed" are quite apt as a student of Anthropology I find little difference in the Gorilla's family relations and man's. One Mother Gorilla, shot in the back of the head had two young children who survived. The baby of the two was still clinging to his mothers breast as his older brother pulled him away and sought other family members for help. Would you do any different... The 700 surviving gorillas are being killed as a warning that more would be killed if this certain para-military group burning of trees for the production of charcoal is in any way disturbed. It is a multi-million dollar business as the people of the Congo have no other source of heat for cooking and washing. It is estimated that it would cost $10,000,000 to import and equip the population with propane. Surely the peoples of the world have felt the same rage that I have and are willing to do what ever is needed to put to an end, the practice of this evil. 700 is all that are left in the world. Do you think they are any less loved by the creator than us? The Congo is a very special place and the people are peaceful and kind. Many tourists are returning to see the Gorillas and they are paying the killers for the right to visit. This also simply has to stop. The transfer of disease by close contact with humans has happened many times before. The real Park Rangers (heroes in themselves) say that 21' is as close as you can safely observe these families. Go to the Congo; but, stay away from the gorilla habitat. You are not that important, and they are! Read the National Geographic story and learn what and how you can be a part of these magnificent creatures survival. Click the link below, but a warning... very graphic photos of great violence are posted and are not for the weak of heart or for our young children to see. For if we don't care to protect these close relatives of ours, what will our children think of their own families safety. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/07/virunga/jenkins-text

MARVIN THE MARTIAN.