BBC News is reporting that an undercover investigation conducted by Endangered Species International (ESI) has revealed the full extent of gorilla poaching in Kouilou, an area in the Republic of Congo.

BBC says in Kouilou undercover investigators found that up to two endangered gorillas were being killed by poachers each week and sold in bigger city markets for their meat and hands. ESI Investigators told the BBC they believe there are only 200 gorillas left in the region. ESI also fears that hundreds of gorillas are being poached outside of the region and while there are laws in place to protect the gorillas, there is no real enforcement of them.

The Twitterverse was outraged by the findings:

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   dsfanblog (location undisclosed) Heartbreaking. And revolting. RT @BBCwildlife: Scale of gorilla poaching exposed http://bit.ly/19HxAw 15 Sep 2009 from HootSuite
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   maxxmonkey (United Kingdom) RT @Thandax: Congo gorilla poaching exposed http://bit.ly/18GDUI ~ Max says ‘leave the big lugs alone’ |:o 15 Sep 2009 from dabr
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   sgmax (Philadelphia, PA) In any *civilized* country, this would be a national scandal. Scale of #Congo gorilla poaching exposed. http://bit.ly/YYgIH 15 Sep 2009 from TwitterFox
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   TobyMonk (Nacogdoches,Texas) @stephenfry This makes me want to kick heads RT @PBSNature Scale of gorilla poaching exposed: http://ow.ly/pvCq [BBC] 15 Sep 2009 from web in reply to stephenfry
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   EvilMammoth (Chicago Suburbs, IL) This is really terrible. RT @PBSNature: Scale of gorilla poaching exposed: http://ow.ly/pvKj [BBC] 15 Sep 2009 from HootSuite
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   Starfleetmom (Escondido, CA) Make me SICK!RT @PBSNature: Scale of gorilla poaching exposed: http://ow.ly/pvCq [BBC] 15 Sep 2009 from TweetDeck

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