By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Monday, October 29th, 2012
in Blog.
If you’ve been a dedicated reader of our monthly Gorilla News, then you have been the fortunate audience for an outstanding level of reporting from Communications Officer Molly Feltner. Molly joined Gorilla Doctors as a volunteer in November 2009, and then joined our staff part-time in August 2010 to lead all of our outreach initiatives. Under Molly’s […]
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 […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Friday, October 12th, 2012
in Blog.
By Drs. Fred and Hameed Ruterana looking tired and thin.Ruterana, an adult female in Rushegura group, was observed by trackers to be moving slowly and laying down a lot the morning of September 26. They thought she looked very thin and unwell. The trackers called me and I joined them immediately. She did indeed appear […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Wednesday, September 26th, 2012
in Blog.
Pili Pili holds her ensnared left foot.By Molly Feltner Amidst all of the news about the rescues of two new orphan Grauer’s gorillas, we haven’t been able to share all of the details about an important success story in Grauer’s gorilla conservation. On September 15, the same day Isangi was transferred to Virunga National Park […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Monday, September 24th, 2012
in Blog.
PRESS RELEASE September 24, 2012 Concern Mounts for Grauer’s Gorillas in DRC Following the Rescue of Two Poached Infants IsangiMusanze, Rwanda – Gorilla Doctors and the Congolese Wildlife Authority (ICCN) are increasingly concerned about the survival of Grauer’s gorillas in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) following the rescue of two poached infant gorillas in separate […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Thursday, September 20th, 2012
in Blog.
By Molly Feltner Heavily armed Kahuzi-Biega National Park rangers prepare to enter the forest.It had already been a long, frustrating day in Kahuzi-Biega National Park. After many hours in the thickly vegetated forest, and in heavy rain, Drs. Dawn, Eddy, and Martin and a ranger team could not get close enough to safely dart two […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Wednesday, September 19th, 2012
in Blog.
Dr. Mike examines slides on the Coolscope.Our friends at Gear4Gorillas have once again made a generous contribution of £5,000 to help Gorilla Doctors purchase vital equipment—this time a Nikon Coolscope. We’d also like to thank Bruce Mentzer, who made an additional donation, and Nikon, which sold the device to us at a substantial discount. This seriously […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Wednesday, September 19th, 2012
in Blog.
Agashya with a runny nose. (Photo: Dr. John Onate)By Dr. Jean-Felix Kinani On August 28, Volcanoes National Park trackers reported that Agashya, the dominant silverback of Agashya group, was coughing but was doing well. The Gorilla Doctors checked on him regularly and found him active and doing well despite having a cold. On September 8, […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Wednesday, September 12th, 2012
in Blog.
Kwitonda in 2012. On Monday September 10th, Volcanoes National Park trackers found the lifeless body of silverback Kwitonda, the dominant silverback of Kwitonda group, some distance from his group. He had been missing from his group since August 30, and despite daily efforts to locate him in the thick forest, his body was not found […]
