60 Minutes: Gorillas: Kings Of Congo (includes video)
As CNN's Anderson Cooper reports, it's gotten so bad for many of the remaining gorillas that conservationists genuinely fear the entire species might become extinct. They live in east Africa, in a forest that straddles Rwanda, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, where a family of gorillas was massacred last summer.No time for commentary. I'm deeply sorry. I know it's been about a week without a peep, but things are rather busy behind the scenes here at HQ. December will likely be spotty, with a likely resurgence in January. Hang in there!
So last month 60 Minutes went to Congo, a desperately poor country, to see why those gorillas were slaughtered, why the surviving gorillas are in jeopardy, and what can be done to save them.
Labels: endangered species, environment, habitat encroachment, primates, wildlife
