By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Thursday, May 29th, 2025
in Blog.
We are thrilled to announce that four adult female critically endangered Grauer’s gorillas have been successfully released into the wild in Virunga National Park! Gorilla Doctors played a significant role in this historic conservation achievement in collaboration with: GRACE, Virunga National Park, ICCN and Re:wild. It all began in 2003 when an infant Grauer’s gorilla was confiscated from […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Thursday, May 22nd, 2025
in Blog.
By Nelson Bukamba, field veterinarian, Uganda Last Friday as I was trekking through Bwindi on my way to administer deworming medication to silverback Kabukojo of Rushegura group, I received an urgent call from trackers. Six-year-old juvenile Bigorogoro in Mubare group was caught in a snare. Trackers said he was visibly distressed and emitting high-pitched screams […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Monday, April 14th, 2025
in Blog.
By Dr. Adrien Emile Ntwari, field veterinarian, Rwanda UPDATE: Last week Dr. Gaspard conducted a follow-up monitoring visit and found Umutuzo’s abscess wound healing as well as reduced inflammation around the wound site. She was actively feeding and appeared in overall good health as seen in this photo. >> Last Tuesday (April 8), Dr. Gaspard […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Tuesday, April 8th, 2025
in Blog.
By Dr. Jean Bosco ‘Noel’ Noheri If we are to see a thriving population of wild eastern gorillas and wildlife in general, we need strategic partners who believe that each of us has the power to create positive change, and who understand that when we work together, that change can be even more impactful. Last […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Tuesday, March 25th, 2025
in Blog.
I recently returned from visiting with our teams in Rwanda, Uganda, and DR Congo. If you missed my updates, you can read them [HERE (January 28) and HERE (February 20)]. At Gorilla Doctors, our mission is to conserve wild eastern gorillas through life-saving veterinary medicine and science using a One Health approach—recognizing that the health […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Friday, January 24th, 2025
in Blog.
By Gaspard Nzayisenga, senior field veternarian, Rwanda At Gorilla Doctors we are on call 24/7, ready to respond to a gorilla health emergency, rain or shine. On this particular Sunday, January 19, we received an urgent call from Volcanoes National Park trackers who discovered an infant mountain gorilla caught in a snare. Dr. Adrien and […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Thursday, December 5th, 2024
in Blog.
Just one week from today, Dr. Benard and our Uganda field veterinarians – Drs. Fred, Ricky and Nelson – will be discussing all things gorilla health during Gorilla Doctors LIVE on Thursday, December 12 at 9:00AM PST (12:00PM EST). Have you registered yet? Are you getting your questions ready? REGISTER HERE Here is a little […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Monday, November 4th, 2024
in Blog.
Gorilla Doctors is thrilled to announce that Dr. Tierra, our chief veterinary and scientific officer, is joining the faculty of the University of California, Berkeley (UCB) this coming January 2025. Dr. Tierra’s position at UCB is a joint appointment with the Department of Integrative Biology and the School of Public Health and will enable her […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Monday, October 21st, 2024
in Blog.
It doesn’t get much better than autumn in Paris unless you add Dr. Jane Goodall giving a historic speech at UNESCO World Headquarters, which is exactly what happened this past Saturday, October 19, 2024. It just worked out that one of our team was working in Paris when Dr. Goodall’s speech was announced. And thanks […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Tuesday, September 24th, 2024
in Blog.
It is our favorite day of the year – World Gorilla Day. As we love to say here at Gorilla Doctors, every day is gorilla day for us, so today we are choosing to celebrate our friends at Columbia Sportswear whose generous support of rain gear and waterproof boots does so much more than keep […]
