By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Thursday, December 22nd, 2016
in Uncategorized.
Silverback Bikingi feeding Gorilla Doctors routinely trek into the gorilla parks in Rwanda, Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo to observe habituated gorillas with their trained veterinary eyes for any subtle signs of illness or injury. In this way, our veterinarians get to know individual gorillas and what “normal” is, so that we’re better prepared […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Thursday, December 22nd, 2016
in Blog.
Tweheyo had been orphaned since October 2015 after the disappearance of his mother Elsa. Since then he had been cared for by his father, silverback Makara. In February of this year, Gorilla Doctors noted that the infant had a very distended belly and had difficulty moving as a result of the swollen abdomen. He looked […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Thursday, December 22nd, 2016
in Blog.
By Drs. Gaspard, Methode, Noel, & Mike On November 15, 2016, Gorilla Doctors was informed of a wild golden jackal found caught in a wire snare at the edge of Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda. A veterinary intervention to release the animal was planned the same morning. The team arrived at 10:33AM and found the ensnared […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Thursday, December 22nd, 2016
in Blog.
By Dr. Eddy How it started: On September 2, 2016 I received an email from Maria Martinez, head of the Education Department at the Guadalajara Zoo, inviting me to be a Keynote Speaker at the International Gorilla Workshop 2016 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. I couldn’t believe it at first. My first thought was that it […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Wednesday, December 21st, 2016
in Uncategorized.
By Dr. Fred On December 18, Ndahura, a 28-year old silverback and leader of Bitukura group, was reported having fallen 50 meters from a tall tree at around 8:00AM. The fall had occurred while Ndahura was feeding on Chrysophylum fruits and the tree branch he was perched on broke under his weight. Unfortunately, Ndahura failed […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Tuesday, December 20th, 2016
in Uncategorized.
By Drs. Mike & Kirsten Regretfully we must share the news this month that Dr. Joost has decided to move on from his position as Regional Coordinator for Gorilla Doctors. Joost is truly a clinician at heart – he is happiest when he is treating animals and can watch their condition improve as a result […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Tuesday, October 18th, 2016
in Blog.
By Dr. Eddy Kambale We received a call from the Chief Warden in Virunga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo on October 2 after an ensnared baby was seen in the Mapuwa group during routine monitoring by rangers and trackers. The Mapuwa group consists of 22 gorillas, including 3 silverbacks (Mapuwa, Mvuyekure and Mambo), 1 blackback (Gourba), 6 adult females, 2 sub-adult males, 5 juveniles, […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Monday, October 17th, 2016
in Blog.
By Justin Cox As many of you know, Gorilla Doctors was featured on 60 Minutes early this month. In addition to the piece they created for the show, they also produced a 360-degree virtual reality segment. If you don’t have Virtual Reality gear (which most of us surely don’t) you can watch the video on a smart phone […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Monday, October 10th, 2016
in Blog.
By Justin Cox Traci Thaler met Oteil Burbridge during a chance encounter on a plane flight last New Year’s Eve. She immediately recognized him as the bassist for Dead & Company – the current incarnation of the Grateful Dead, which features original members alongside musicians like John Mayer and Burbridge, who has also played bass for popular […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Wednesday, October 5th, 2016
in Blog.
On Sunday September 18, 2016 Gorilla Doctors veterinarian Dr. Ricky Okello hiked into Bwindi Impenetrable National Park for a routine health check on the Habinyanja group. Dr. Ricky noticed another wild, unhabituated gorilla group roaming near the Habinyanja group, but the presence of the wild group did not seem to have a significant impact on the behaviors of the habituated group. Silverback Makara and blackback Kavuyo […]
