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On Tuesday, January 15, the trackers of Agashya group reported that 5-year-old male Gutungura had been caught in a wire snare in the Kibumbu area of Volcanoes National Park. The other members of the group managed to free him from the ensnaring site, ripping the trap out of the ground, but the wire noose remained […]
While our primary patients are mountain and Grauer’s gorillas, the Gorilla Doctors also treats other injured and ailing wildlife in the region. This week, Gorilla Doctors received a report that a male Serval (Leptailurus serval) had been caught in a wire snare outside of Volcanoes National Park on January 14. Male Serval (Leptailurus serval) caught […]
The Maryland Zoo honors Dr. Mike Cranfield as the Winner of the 2012 Michael D. Hankin Award for Conservation. Photo courtesy of the Maryland Zoo. Baltimore, Maryland – The Maryland Zoo of Baltimore, Maryland, honored Gorilla Doctors Director Dr. Mike Cranfield today as the 2012 winner of the Michael D. Hankin Award for Conservation. The award, […]
By Dr. Fred Nizeyimana On January 4, I trekked to Kahunge group in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park to check and assess the group’s health following a report of the death of a newborn infant. The infant was born on December 28, 2012 and died on January 1, 2013. The infant’s mother is Rugendo, a young […]
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 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 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 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 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 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, […]
