Hungry Congolese hunt park animals 

KAHUZI-BIEGA NATIONAL PARK, Congo (AP) - Lubanga Bulabi and his 22-year-old
son lived on game before their forest home was turned into a moneymaking
gorilla reserve. Now, hungry Batwa Pygmies of southeastern Congo say they
have no choice but to resume their hunt for lowland gorillas and antelope
that live in the national park. The two men were caught last week in the
dense forest of Kahuzi-Biega National Park on suspicion of poaching
gorillas. Fueled by Congo's second war in three years, illegal hunting has
come close to wiping out the gorillas, forest elephants and antelopes. See
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