By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Friday, February 14th, 2014
in Blog.
Rumangabo, DRC – February 13, 2014 –There are only four mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) living in captivity in the entire world and this small group of orphans have found sanctuary at the Virunga National Park’s Senkwekwe Center in Rumangabo, DRC where they receive medical care from the Gorilla Doctors international veterinary team. A partnership between […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Saturday, December 7th, 2013
in Blog.
by Jessica Burbridge Orphaned gorilla infant Matabishi, who was found alone in a cornfield outside of Virunga National Park, was rescued through a collaborative effort between the Congolese Park Authority and Gorilla Doctors in June 2013 (http://bit.ly/1bmrmph). Malnourished, covered in burrs, and with a large wound on his back, Matabishi was brought to the Senkwekwe […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Friday, August 23rd, 2013
in Blog.
Orphaned infant Matabishi, who was rescued in late June after having suspectedly escaped poachers in DRC (http://bit.ly/15Cvegp) is growing stronger every day reports Gorilla Doctors Head Field Vet Dr. Eddy Kambale. Matabishi “is eating lots of vegetation gathered from the forest and loves to drink milk. He is given multivitamins and mineral supplements daily and […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Wednesday, July 17th, 2013
in Blog.
The young Grauer’s gorilla orphan rescued from a Rwandan jailhouse on August 7th, 2011 by Dr. Jan Ramer of the Gorilla Doctors, with help from the Rwanda Development Board (RDB), the Congolese Park Authority (ICCN), and the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International, will soon be moved to the GRACE center in the eastern Democratic Republic […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Tuesday, June 25th, 2013
in Blog.
An infant male gorilla, found alone in a cornfield in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has been rescued by the Congolese Wildlife Authority (ICCN) with critical assistance from Gorilla Doctors. Gorilla Doctors, dedicated to conserving gorillas through veterinary medicine, monitors and promotes the health of wild habituated mountain and Grauer’s gorillas in Rwanda, […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Thursday, May 16th, 2013
in Blog.
Fecal samples from orphaned infants Baraka and Isangi, who are currently being housed at the Senkwekwe Center in Virunga National Park, were recently sent to the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany for genetic analysis. MPI was tasked with determining whether these infants, who were confiscated from poachers in DRC in September […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
in Blog.
After insecurity in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo prevented the Gorilla Doctors from traveling to Rumangabo for the annual mountain gorilla orphan exams in Februrary, the docs were recently able to make a day trip to the Senkwekwe Center to examine the only three mountain gorillas living in captivity in the world. Maisha, Ndakasi and […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013
in Blog.
by Jessica Burbridge A generous donation of a Viamo Portable Ultrasound Unit by Toshiba has greatly increased the Gorilla Doctors’ ability to diagnose and treat tricky conditions in wild gorillas. Previously, with no way of seeing what was going on internally, the vet’s ability to diagnose a condition was limited to physical examination with palpation […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Monday, October 29th, 2012
in Blog.
© LuAnne Cadd / Virunga National Park One month ago, the staff at Virunga National Park decided that the electric fence surrounding the gorilla orphan’s enclosure at Senkwekwe Center simply had to be replaced – using broken tree limbs as ladders, the three mischievous mountain gorillas, Ndeze, Ndakasi and Maisha, were repeatedly escaping their yard, […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Monday, October 15th, 2012
in Blog.
Drs. Dawn and Eddy prepare for the exams.By Dr. Dawn On September 26th, Drs. Eddy, Martin, and I headed to Rumangabo to do the first quarantine examinations on Isangi and Baraka, at 12 days and 6 days post-confiscation, respectively. They had been adjusting well to their new environment, diet, and caretakers. Baraka was still very […]
