By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Thursday, December 20th, 2012
in Blog, Uncategorized.
After three months in quarantine at the Senkwekwe Center in Rumangabo, DRC, orphaned Grauer’s gorillas Baraka and Isangi received their final quarantine exams this week- the final step before clearance is granted for the infants to move to their long-term home. Isangi Ten-month-old baby Isangi is bright, strong, active and healthy after three months in […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Saturday, December 15th, 2012
in Blog.
by Drs. Eddy and Martin For the first time since May 2012, Gorilla Doctors veterinarians accompanied a team of ICCN trackers to visit Kipura group on Mt. Tshiabirimu in the North Sector of Virunga National Park, DR Congo. A Routine Health Check by Gorilla Doctors has not been possible in the last eight months due […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Thursday, December 13th, 2012
in Blog.
by Dr. Eddy Kambale On Tuesday, December 11, Gorilla Doctors performed a monitoring visit of Humba group following a report by Virunga National Park Chief Park Warden, Emmanuel De Merode, saying that there were two females who needed a veterinary assessment. One female had an abnormal tissue around her mouth and the second female had […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Sunday, December 9th, 2012
in Blog.
by Dr. Fred Nizeyimana Kasotora, an older adult female in Nkuringo group with a 3-year-old suckling infant, sustained a large wound on her head after a fight broke out within the group on December 7. She was bitten just above her brow and the wound was actively bleeding when trackers observed the group that day. […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Monday, December 3rd, 2012
in Blog.
by Dr. Fred Nizeyimana Silverback Kanyonyi, leader of Mubare group in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. After receiving a report that Kanyonyi, a silverback and leader of Mubare group had sustained severe wounds from fighting with a wild gorilla group on November 12, I made preparations to go to assess his condition, ready for a possible […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Wednesday, November 28th, 2012
in Blog.
by Jessica BurbridgeUN helicopter firing on M23 rebels. © Virunga National Park Rebel action has flared up once again in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, preventing Gorilla Doctors from traveling to the parks to monitor mountain and Grauer’s gorillas for injury and illness. Currently, our Congolese veterinarians are safe in Goma, […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Thursday, November 15th, 2012
in Blog.
by Dr. Dawn Zimmerman On Wednesday November 14, I visited Karisimbi B group in Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda. The dominant silverback, 16.5 year-old Getty, was reported to have interacted with Susa group the previous day and had sustained multiple injuries. The fight occurred over a 2-hour period from 9-11am, after which Getty laid on his […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Tuesday, November 13th, 2012
in Blog.
PRESS RELEASE November 13, 2011 Mountain gorilla in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda.Kampala, Uganda – The results of a 2011 census of the critically-endangered mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable National Park were released today by the Ugandan Wildlife Authority and confirm that at least 400 individuals live in the Park. The […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Friday, November 9th, 2012
in Blog.
We’d like to introduce our newest veterinarian, Dr. Methode Bahizi, who will take on the Regional Laboratory Veterinarian position that was vacated by Dr. Noel after he was promoted to Rwanda Field Veterinarian. Methode has been involved with Gorilla Doctors since 2009, first as a student conducting cattle health research with our former Agriculture Consultant […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Tuesday, November 6th, 2012
in Blog.
The morning of October 26, 2012, the trackers following Agashya group in Volcanoes National Park reported that 4.5-year-old juvenile male Ingabo, who had been abandoned by his mother in March, was caught in a snare. Unfortunately, it wasn’t possible for the Gorilla Doctors to assess the youngster’s condition the same day because of dominant silverback […]
