Rare Gorilla Birth Recorded in Congo

By TODD PITMAN, Associated Press Writer, General Science / Biology

In this photo released by WildlifeDirect, mountain gorilla Safari is shown holding her four-day-old infant Ndeze in Virunga National Park in eastern Congo, on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2007. Conservationists on Thursday, March 1, 2007 praised the birth of a rare mountain gorilla in a region where rebels have been accused of killing and eating the endangered animals. (AP Photo/Handout, WildlifeDirect)

(AP) -- Conservationists on Thursday announced the birth of a rare mountain gorilla in eastern Congo, where rebels have been accused of killing and eating the endangered animals.

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