By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Wednesday, December 4th, 2013
in Blog.
Begin your holiday season with a meaningful donation to help wild, critically-endangered gorillas beat the odds for survival. Your contributions, however large or small, enable the Gorilla Doctors to provide wild and orphaned gorillas with life-saving medical care. Powered by the non-profit Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project and the UC Davis Wildlife Health Center, Gorilla Doctors’ […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Saturday, November 23rd, 2013
in Blog.
By Dr. Dawn Zimmerman 8-year-old female mountain gorilla Izihirwa of Musilikale group. Yesterday we performed a full veterinary intervention on Izihirwa, an 8-year-old female mountain gorilla who was reported by the Fossey Fund (who regularly monitors Musilikale group) as being very lethargic, not feeding and not moving. The Fossey Fund requested an emergency veterinary assessment, […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Friday, November 22nd, 2013
in Blog.
By Dr. Dawn Zimmerman A veterinary assessment by the Gorilla Doctors was planned for 21-year-old dominant silverback Isabukuru after the Fossey Fund’s Karisoke Research Center (who regularly monitor Isabukuru group) reported that the male had a severe wound on his arm on November 19th. I trekked to the group the following day to assess his […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Wednesday, November 20th, 2013
in Blog.
Long-time Gorilla Doctors Board Member and former Director of the Morris Animal Foundation (which founded MGVP) Dr. Rob Hilsenroth facilitated a team-building retreat for the Gorilla Doctors staff at Uganda’s Volcanoes Safaris Mount Gahinga Lodge this month. We were fortunate to have Dr. Rob write about his experience with the staff and the remarkable changes […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Sunday, November 17th, 2013
in Blog.
Beverly Hills rolled out the green carpet for the Gorilla Doctors of Africa on Monday, November 4th. Three hundred wildlife enthusiasts and adventure travelers turned out to show their “Gorilla Love” at the prestigious ACE Gallery. This was the first major west coast fundraiser for the Gorilla Doctors, and without a doubt, was deemed a […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Tuesday, November 12th, 2013
in Blog.
You can now support the conservation of mountain and Grauer’s gorillas while you shop on Amazon! If you make your purchase through the Amazon Smile program, a small percentage will be donated to Gorilla Doctors. Just use this link when signing into Amazon Smile: http://smile.amazon.com/ch/06-1752363 If you or anyone you know will be using Amazon […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Monday, November 11th, 2013
in Blog.
Dr. Dawn assessed two infants in Ntambara group this past weekend, who were reported by Fossey Fund Karisoke trackers (who regularly monitor Ntambara group) to be whimpering and as having inflamed abdominal skin. At just 8-days-old, Kubaka’s infant appeared to be in good health during Dr. Dawn’s assessment. She reported that the mother held her […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Tuesday, October 29th, 2013
in Blog.
A few weeks ago, we took a truly life-changing trip to visit Rwanda and the endangered mountain gorillas. On one of our final days of the trip, one of our guides and new friends, Isaac, asked a profound question: What three things will you miss about Rwanda? We felt like the best way to recount our […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Monday, October 28th, 2013
in Blog.
Abaxis Europe has supplied Gorilla Doctors with numerous pieces of important laboratory equipment over the last three years, such as iStat machines and VS2 chemistry analyzers. This month, Abaxis representative and long time friend of Gorilla Doctors Bärbel Köhler traveled to our Rwanda headquarters to instruct the veterinarians on Abaxis’ latest donation: a new VetScan […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Monday, October 21st, 2013
in Blog.
by Jessica Burbridge UC Davis PhD student Laurie Harris has been conducting research on the endangered golden monkeys in Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park throughout 2013. Harris met Gorilla Doctors Director Dr. Kirsten Gilardi during her stint at the Envirovet Summer Institute and now, Dr. Gilardi serves on Harris’ dissertation committee for her PhD program in […]
