By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Friday, August 24th, 2012
in Blog, Uncategorized.
This month, our newsletter subscribers and Facebook followers proved that small donations could make a big difference for the Gorilla Doctors. Thanks to donations made by nearly 40 Gorilla Doctors supporters in just three weeks our team will be receiving DSLR camera kits from Nikon. Our veterinarians photograph their patients not only because the gorillas […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Monday, August 13th, 2012
in Blog.
Kunama on August 8By Dr. Dawn Zimmerman On August 7, Karisoke Research Center (KRC) reported that 17-year-old adult female Kunama of Ugenda group appeared to have a protruding tongue and difficulty eating. I visited the group the following day and observed the same behavior, although I could not determine the cause of her condition through […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Saturday, August 11th, 2012
in Blog.
Kaboko at the Senkwekwe CenterBy Molly Feltner, Communications Officer Gorilla Doctors is sorry to report some very sad news that couldn’t be shared right away because of security concerns in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). At approximately 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 25, Kaboko, the world’s only captive male mountain gorilla, passed away at […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Tuesday, July 31st, 2012
in Blog, Uncategorized.
The Gorilla Doctors team in Rwanda is in tremendous need of a new professional DSLR camera and telephoto lens after both of our older cameras and lenses were damaged beyond repair. We photograph our patients so that we can document and better track their health. Long lenses and cameras designed to work well in low […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Monday, July 30th, 2012
in Blog.
Drs. Dawn and Noel with Ngwino.This month, the Gorilla Doctors clinically managed the complicated case of Ngwino, a juvenile gorilla from Inshuti group in Rwanda who was found caught in a snare in early July. Normally, the Gorilla Doctors intervene to treat a snare-wounded gorilla the very next morning after the wound is first observed, […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Monday, July 30th, 2012
in Blog.
Tank just outside the gate of Virunga National Park (Orlando von Einsiedel/Virunga National Park)July has proven to be another extremely distressing month for our colleagues in Virunga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo. In early July, the M23 rebel movement succeeded in seizing several key towns around the southern sector of the park where Virunga’s […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Monday, July 30th, 2012
in Blog.
You could say that the mountain gorillas themselves are the best fundraisers for their conservation. Many tourists, after seeing mountain gorillas in the wild for the first time, have become ardent supporters of conservation projects in Rwanda, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. That’s definitely the case for Raemonde Bezenar, one of our biggest […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Tuesday, July 17th, 2012
in Blog.
Being wildlife veterinarians, the Gorilla Doctors are often challenged to determine the seriousness of an illness or injury in a gorilla by visual observation alone. Clinically, it’s ideal to perform tests and physical examinations on ailing patients to make definitive diagnoses. However, as conservationists of wild gorillas, the Gorilla Doctors must take care to disrupt […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Wednesday, July 11th, 2012
in Blog.
Over the last few days, the Gorilla Doctors have been following the complicated cases of two injured infant gorillas belonging to Inshuti group. One infant was caught in a snare and in the other the case the cause of the trauma was unclear. It has not been possible to intervene yet in either case due […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Thursday, July 5th, 2012
in Blog.
Tuck rests with her son Segasira several days before her death in 2010.On September 5, 2010, female mountain gorilla Tuck, one of Dian Fossey’s original research subjects, passed away after a long life in Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda. When members of Titus group finished their day-long vigil over her body, Tuck was carried out of […]
