Veterinary Surgeon Dr. Donna Shettko Gives Seminar on Wound Healing & Life-Saving Surgery

Veterinary Surgeon Dr. Donna Shettko Gives Seminar on Wound Healing & Life-Saving Surgery By Gorilla Doctors Staff on Monday, December 29th, 2014 in Blog.

The Gorilla Doctors team would like to extend our gratitude to Dr. Donna Shettko, who recently met with our entire veterinary team at our Musanze, Rwanda headquarters to give a seminar on wound healing, amputation and suture techniques during monthly rounds. Dr. Donna kindly agreed to write about her experience, and her history with Gorilla […]

DRC Team Benefits from Donated Generator to Goma Office

DRC Team Benefits from Donated Generator to Goma Office By Gorilla Doctors Staff on Tuesday, December 16th, 2014 in Blog.

Garry Weber, CEO of Weber Financial Inc. and a very generous supporter of Gorilla Doctors, recently purchased a generator for our office in Goma, immensely changing the efficiency and efficacy of our work in the DR Congo. Our DRC team members are thrilled because they can now work uninterrupted during the frequent power outages in […]

Dr. Jean Felix’s Tool Use Observation Published in American Journal of Primatology

Dr. Jean Felix's Tool Use Observation Published in American Journal of Primatology By Gorilla Doctors Staff on Monday, December 8th, 2014 in Blog.

During a routine health check of Kwitonda group in May 2013, Dr. Jean Felix had the incredible opportunity to witness the first documented incidence of tool use for food acquisition by mountain gorillas. His observation was recently published in the American Journal of Primatology under the title “Tool Use for Food Acquisition in a Wild […]

Orphan Chimp Regaining Health After Poaching Ordeal

Orphan Chimp Regaining Health After Poaching Ordeal By Gorilla Doctors Staff on Tuesday, November 25th, 2014 in Blog.

The infant chimpanzee who was confiscated from poachers by Rwandan police on November 15th is slowly growing more confident and healthy under the attentive care of Gorilla Doctors Rwanda veterinary team and his three dedicated caregivers at the Kinigi orphan care facility. The youngster is still fearful at times, and takes to hiding under his […]

Juvenile Mountain Gorilla Mihanda Freed from Wire Snare

Juvenile Mountain Gorilla Mihanda Freed from Wire Snare By Gorilla Doctors Staff on Monday, November 24th, 2014 in Blog.

Mihanda, a female juvenile mountain gorilla who lives in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, was freed from a wire snare in an intervention led by Uganda Field Vet Dr. Fred, with support from the Uganda Wildlife Authority. Mihanda was found by UWA rangers early Friday morning near her night nest, struggling to free herself from the […]

Young Silverback Muturengere Injured Defending Isimbi Group

Young Silverback Muturengere Injured Defending Isimbi Group By Gorilla Doctors Staff on Monday, November 17th, 2014 in Blog.

Young silverback Muturengere was recently injured defending his group from an intruding lone silverback in Volcanoes National Park. During Dr. Jean Felix’s veterinary assessment on November 12, he observed the leader of Isimbi group interacting yet again with another silverback, Gicurasi of Pablo group.  Four of the six Isimbi group females (Isura, Poppy, Ruhuka, and Africa) […]

Infant Chimpanzee Confiscated from Poachers at Gisenyi Police Station

Infant Chimpanzee Confiscated from Poachers at Gisenyi Police Station By Gorilla Doctors Staff on Sunday, November 16th, 2014 in Blog.

Gorilla Doctors and the Rwanda Development Board were notified on the evening of November 15th that a “baby gorilla” had been confiscated from poachers and was being held at the Gisenyi police station, near the border of Rwanda and DRC. When an orphaned ape is confiscated by authorities in the region, Gorilla Doctors makes immediate […]

Orphan Grauer’s Gorilla Ntabwoba Succumbs to Encephalitis at GRACE Sanctuary

Orphan Grauer's Gorilla Ntabwoba Succumbs to Encephalitis at GRACE Sanctuary By Gorilla Doctors Staff on Monday, November 10th, 2014 in Blog.

We are heartbroken to report that Ntabwoba, a 13-year-old male Grauer’s gorilla living at the Gorilla Rehabilitation and Conservation Education (GRACE) Center in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), passed away unexpectedly on November 5th. Ntabwoba was just making the transition from blackback to silverback and, with his charismatic personality, was a beloved gorilla to […]

Spotlight on Dr. Benard Ssebide: Gorilla Doctors New Head Field Vet in Uganda

Spotlight on Dr. Benard Ssebide: Gorilla Doctors New Head Field Vet in Uganda By Gorilla Doctors Staff on Friday, November 7th, 2014 in Blog.

With a mother who was a nurse and a father who was a Medical Officer, there was little doubt as he was growing up that Benard Ssebide would one day end up in medicine. After years of study at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda, Dr. Benard completed his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree. It was […]

Orphan Kalonge Receives Treatment for Suspected Respiratory Infection

Orphan Kalonge Receives Treatment for Suspected Respiratory Infection By Gorilla Doctors Staff on Thursday, October 30th, 2014 in Blog.

Orphan Grauer’s gorilla Kalonge was rescued in early March after she was caught in a snare and brought to a local village chief by a group of young boys outside of Kahuzi Biega National Park (read about her rescue here). Through a joint rescue operation by ICCN and Gorilla Doctors, 2-year-old Kalonge was brought to […]