Orphaned Baby Gorilla Found Alive

What does Connecticut and the Congo have common?

Both were the settings for the cold-blooded murders of innocent families last week.

Friday, four rare mountain gorillas were found shot dead in Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo. (Read the NPR story.) This execution-style slaying is a tragic loss to the 700 mountain gorillas left in existence and the conservationists who care about them.

The World Wildlife Fund believes that the shootings were a message to conservationists. Many locals would rather poach the gorillas for their hides, their meat or their babies. They also want to burn the protected trees for charcoal. (Read how this works.)

One of the three females killed was Safari, mother of five-month old baby gorilla Ndeze. Ndeze whose February birth was celebrated by his family and conservationists alike, was found alive today, a small victory in this setback for the gorillas.