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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 Kabirizi group almost two months ago. Although some groups may […]
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 villages. We met with the other team from GATOVU […]
After 12 months of instability in the Mikeno Sector due to the occupation of the M23 rebel group in the gorilla’s habitat, the conflict seems to be coming to a close, allowing our veterinarians safer access to the mountain and Grauer’s gorillas in Virunga National Park, DRC. Dr. Eddy and Martin traveled from Goma to […]
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 Jessica Burbridge The Gorilla Doctors Uganda and Rwanda PREDICT teams are busy year-round collecting samples from primates, rodents and bats in areas of intense human-wildlife interaction in order to test for emerging infectious diseases. The USAID’s Emerging Pandemic Threats PREDICT program, now in it’s fourth year, “aims to prevent, detect, and rapidly respond to […]
by Jessica Burbridge On a small forested island just west of the DR Congo’s Virunga National Park, a tiny population of Grauer’s gorillas has reduced to one third of it’s original size within the last decade. Now down to just six individuals in two separate groups, this small population living on Mt. Tshiabirimu has only […]
Sculptor Lisa Reinertson will be exhibiting her new body of work entitled “Edge of Extinction” at the Pence Gallery in Davis, Caifornia next month. Gorilla Doctors Co-Director Dr. Kirsten Gilardi will join Reinertson for a talk on “Hope for Endangered Animals” and the work of the Gorilla Doctors on May 18th at the gallery. Reinertson […]
Gorilla Doctors Co-Directors Drs. Kirsten Gilardi and Mike Cranfield, along with PREDICT vets Drs. Julius Nziza and Benard Ssebide traveled to Rome, Italy for a worldwide meeting on emerging pandemic threats last week. PREDICT staff from 23 different countries met to discuss protocols on how to get samples from humans, rodents and bats from areas […]
by Jessica Burbridge A visit to Bweza group in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park with Dr. Fred and PhD student Tierra Smiley Evans turned into a nine-hour strenuous trek in the pouring rain. But early afternoon, the sun burst through the clouds and we finally found the group, deep in a densely vegetated ravine, busy feeding […]
Dr. Kristen Hitt, an American veterinarian traveling with Terra Incognito Eco Tours, recently visited Rwanda to trek to see the mountain gorillas and meet the Gorilla Doctors. Dr. Hitt’s experience was life-changing and, with an incredibly generous gift of $50,000, led her to become a major donor for Gorilla Doctors. Here is her testimony: Dr. Kristen […]
