Paulin Ngobobo, Chief Warden of the Southern Sector of Virunga National Park. Ngobobo has been persecuted repeatedly for his conservation stance by both Congolese politicans and the Congolese military. Earlier in 2007 he was attempting to work against the illegal charcoal trade which is decimating the local forests. Ngobobo was grabbed by the military and in front of the villagers he was attempting to inform, his shirt was removed and he was given 80 lashes across his back. He was recently arrested and is under investigation by local authorities who are threatened by his conservation stance. It is speculated widely that Ngobobo's clashes with his senior last year are what prompted the killing of the six gorillas in July 2007.