By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Monday, May 14th, 2018
in Blog.
Gorilla Doctors announces the retirement of its long-standing Capacity Development Coordinator, Dr. John Bosco Nizeyi. Dr. Nizeyi (called “JBN” by his Gorilla Doctors colleagues) served the Gorilla Doctors for 25 years. He first served as our Uganda field veterinarian and then shifted to Makerere University in Kampala. At Makerere, JBN was in charge of ensuring […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Tuesday, May 8th, 2018
in Blog.
Last week, Gorilla Doctors welcomed Ms. Donna M. Platt as its new Development Officer. Donna is based in Texas, and has worked in fundraising and advancement for more than 20 years. She has a broad background in all facets of development, with a history of success at the Houston Zoo, Houston PBS and Pacifica Radio, […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Friday, April 20th, 2018
in Blog.
Today Gorilla Doctors honors the life of Ms. Ruth Morris Keesling, the founder of the Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project. Ruth passed away on April 18, 2018 surrounded by her family. Ruth’s incredible dedication to mountain gorillas, the admiration she had for Dian Fossey, and her love of Rwanda resulted in the establishment of the Volcanoes […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Monday, April 2nd, 2018
in Blog.
It’s hard to predict an average day in the life of a Gorilla Doctors veterinarian. One day could be full of office work; the next could be spent trekking through national parks in pouring rain to track down an injured or ill wild gorilla. As unpredictable as the work can be, our teams are always […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Wednesday, March 28th, 2018
in Blog.
Every 5 years or so, the governments of Rwanda, Uganda and Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) work together with gorilla conservation partners to do a complete population count, or census, of mountain gorillas. The programs are staggered: the most recent census of the Virunga Massif was conducted in 2016, and in mid-March, the Bwindi […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Monday, March 26th, 2018
in Blog.
On March 5th, Dr. Ricky trekked into Bwindi Impenetrable National Park following reports from park authorities that a juvenile mountain gorilla named Kabunga in Rushegura group was very weak. He was not eating and was being left behind by the rest of his group. His mother, Buzinza, is the female who our Uganda team treated […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Friday, March 23rd, 2018
in Blog.
Our Gorilla Doctors team has been fortunate to have had the opportunity to work with Emily Denstedt, DVM over the past year during her two stints working at our Regional Headquarters in Rwanda as part of her Master of Public Health degree practicum placement. Dr. Emily applied for this specific program at Ontario Veterinary College […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Wednesday, March 14th, 2018
in Blog.
On Monday March 5th Gorilla Doctors hosted the American Ambassador to Rwanda, the Honorable Erica Barks-Ruggles, and Sweden’s Ambassador to Rwanda, the Honorable Jenny Ohlsson, at our regional headquarters in Ruhengeri Rwanda. Ambassador Barks-Ruggles was conducting a site visit to Gorilla Doctors to check in on our progress with an important project funded by […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Thursday, March 1st, 2018
in Blog.
On February 2nd, Gorilla Doctors veterinarians Drs. Gaspard and Methode, accompanied by RDB veterinarian Dr. Elizabeth, hiked into Volcanoes National Park to follow-up on reports from park trackers that several members of Sabyinyo group were showing signs of respiratory illness. Silverback Gihishamwotsi in particular was quite sick, and his condition had worsened over the previous […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Tuesday, February 27th, 2018
in Blog.
As many of you know, last year our Gorilla Doctors in DR Congo saved the life of an infant mountain gorilla caught in a snare. She had been trapped for more than six days, left behind by her family and exposed to the elements, and lost all blood flow to her left foot. Due to […]
