Man jailed for shooting gorilla

JOHANNESBURG, APRIL 10: A man who shot at a gorilla while fleeing from the police in South Africa has been sentenced to 40 years in jail. Isaac Mofokeng, a former policeman, was found guilty of 10 of the 11 criminal charges against him, including house breaking and rape.

The 46-year sentence includes five years for malicious injury to the gorilla, Max, of the Johannesburg zoo. Max, a star attraction at the zoo, became a folk hero in the country after he pinned down Mofokeng who ran into his den in the zoo in July 1997. Max held on to Mofokeng even after he shot him in the chest.