Karema

• Two silverbacks slaughtered; only 700 mountain gorillas remain in the world • Conservation group blames rebels loyal to a local warlord, Laurent Nkunda • 'Karema' trusted humans enough to let them come within touching distance • 'Remaining gorillas are extremely vulnerable -- the rebels are after the meat.'

OpEdNews - Quicklink: Rebels kill, eat endangered mountain gorillas 2007

• "Karema" trusted humans enough to let them come within touching distance

OpEdNews - Quicklink: Rebels kill, eat endangered mountain gorillas 2007

The gorilla had in fact been eaten for meat, his name was Karema, another solitary silverback that had been born into a habituated group, meaning that he had grown to trust humans enough to let them come to within touching distance.

More Gorillas Killed in Eastern DRC 2007

Mogoiri, and Karema; schools at the different stations; 1 orphanage; the Order of the Institute Consolata with 8 houses and 27 religious, and the nuns of St. Vincent Cottolengo with 6 houses and 31 sisters.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

Now the face of Karema grew fixed and her eyes dreamy as she spoke in a slow, measured voice like one who knows not what she says.

The Ancient Allan Henry Rider Haggard 1890

Why if I did and harm came to you I should die of shame or hang myself and then Karema would never be a queen.

The Ancient Allan Henry Rider Haggard 1890

But while they rested Bes and I and Karema, with some of the generals consulted together long and earnestly.

The Ancient Allan Henry Rider Haggard 1890

Thus, now I must marry yonder Karema if she will marry me for fear lest I should prove the holy

The Ancient Allan Henry Rider Haggard 1890

While I was brooding over these plans Karema read my mind, perhaps because it was her own, perhaps by help of her strange arts, which I do not know.

The Ancient Allan Henry Rider Haggard 1890

"No, Bes, I am too tired to make new plans, so let us go to Ethiopia and not disappoint Karema, who after holding a cup so long naturally would like to try a sceptre."

The Ancient Allan Henry Rider Haggard 1890