sad follow up from the drc

one of the cover stories on cnn today:

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/07/27/congo.gorillas/index.html

its a bit scary how ironic it is because the four murdered gorillas were found sunday night, and i tracked monday morning in virungas (the same natl park) and heard nothing about them at that time, but the news was rather recent at the time. we tracked a different family however. its quite sad that the gorillas are being used as instruments in the rebel violence. its just so eerie that this made headline news right now seeing as how i was just there~ looks like things in the DRC are spiralling downhill fast, and tourist gorilla tracking will likely cease to be an option again soon. i feel bad for those that run the park as its a real blast to their mission and hope of steady wage. how painfully ignorant these rebel groups are...