Congo rebels kill and eat two endangered mountain gorillas

Rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have killed and eaten two silverback mountain gorillas, conservationists said today, sparking fears more of the endangered animals may have been slaughtered in the lawless region.

Only about 700 mountain gorillas remain in the world, 380 of them spread across a range of volcanic mountains that straddle the borders of the DRC, Rwanda and Uganda in Central Africa.