Congo Gorilla in Grave Danger
Friday, 18 May, 2001, 16:55 GMT 17:55 UK
Congo gorilla numbers halved
Many gorillas may have been killed for the cooking pot -- By Elizabeth
Blunt
It is infested with armed groups, and these have now been joined by tens
of thousands of illegal miners digging for tantalum, a rare metal used
in mobile phones and computer games, the price of which has soared over
the past year.
As the price rose towards $300 a pound, diggers flooded into the park,
encouraged by the Rwandan army, which controlled the area and its
Congolese allies.
Guns are plentiful these days, and the miners have to eat.
Conservationists fear that a large part of the gorilla population may
already have been killed for the pot.
Dr. Dave
Port Orchard, WA.
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