by Dr. Jean Felix Kinani On April 30, I visited Karisimbi A group for a Routine Health Check. We found the group in the Ruteme area of the park, at an altitude of 3019 meters. Adult female Umuhanga was not initially located and so the trackers and I decided to fan out...
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Mountain Gorilla Orphans Receive Annual Exams in DRC
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...
Largest Group of Habituated Grauer’s Gorillas Gets a Health Check
Chimanuka group is the only group of Grauer’s gorillas habituated to human presence in the Democratic Republic of Congo. With 37 individuals, it is a very large group led by Chimanuka, an older, magnificent silverback. Drs. Eddy and Martin recently trekked to the...
An Interesting Observation in Hirwa Group
by Dr. Jean Felix Kinani I visited Hirwa group on April 16, 2013 for a Routine Health Check. We found the group in the Rwebeya area of Volcanoes National Park. Rwebeya is a big stream that runs through the park that swells to a sizeable river during the rainy season,...
DRC’s Bageni Group is Assessed by Drs. Eddy and Martin
On Thursday, April 11, Drs. Eddy and Martin trekked to Bageni group in Virunga National Park to assess the groups’ overall health and check on male infant Kagera, who was previously reported to have a skin lesion similar to the herpesvirus. Bageni group split from...
Aging Silverback Kabirizi Moves His Group Further up Mikeno
By Dr. Eddy Kambale On Friday, April 12, I trekked to Kabirizi group for a routine health check, along with Dr. Martin, one Virunga National Park ranger and one tracker. We left the Bukima patrol post at 7:05am and walked along the park boundary through several...
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