Wildlife Park Official Arrested in Gorilla Killings

Congolese authorities have arrested a senior park official in connection to the recent execution-style killings of several mountain gorillas, a move that conservationists have praised as a crucial step toward saving the rare primates.

Ten mountain gorillas were slaughtered in separate incidents in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Virunga National Park in 2007.

Honore Mashagiro, the former chief of the park, was arrested earlier this month at his home in Goma in eastern Congo.

He appeared in court last week, charged with the deaths of gorillas and illegal charcoal burning, according to the UN-supported radio station Okapi via the Reuters news service.

Thank you for this link, it is damning, especially the photos.

Presumably some in the higher reaches of the military, regardless of Petraeus, MUST, clearly understand the truth.

A further ‘adventure’ in Iran would destroy the American ground forces, especially if the non-Wisdoms choose to go ‘newquelur’.

Even if that madness eludes us, a replay of Saigon appears ever more likely.

thanks christy

the name sounded familiar, but then, sometimes it all blurs, and it isn’t.

hadn’t looked into it yet, you both saved me lots of time on my dial-up

this was a well-done hit on zach space…he votes both ways, was money well-spent by them…just sayin’.

hope you caught that working link @ 58 -

Thanks, great post. I agree. It’s what I was saying. Bush-Cheney create these narratives that have nothing to do with the realities of Iraq and then never understand why things turn out the opposite of what they planned.