Endangered Gorillas Held Hostage –

Mai Mai rebels killed one wildlife officer and wounded three other people in Democratic Republic of the Congo's Virunga National Park recently.

They warn that they will kill endangered mountain gorillas if there is an attempted retaliation.

Last year the militia used machine guns to slaughter hundreds of hippopotamus.  

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