By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Wednesday, April 5th, 2017
in Archive, Press Releases.
Visit the Gorilla Doctors at our table at the Wildlife Conservation Expo in San Rafael on April 29! Co-Director Dr. Kirsten Gilardi will be there to disseminate information about Gorilla Doctors, with lots of swag in tow for purchase. If you’re at the Expo, stop by and say hi! “Our Wildlife Conservation Expos are unique […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Tuesday, October 4th, 2016
in Archive, Capacity Strengthening.
By Marlene Haggblade UCD SVM Student I always forget how much I feel at home in Africa. As I got off the plane in Kigali, Rwanda I was immediately surrounded by vegetation I hadn’t seen since I was a tiny tot chasing chameleons around our backyard in Madagascar. It had been 3 years since I […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Tuesday, September 27th, 2016
in Archive, Blog.
By Kirsten Gilardi, DVM Co-Director, Gorilla Doctors I had the pleasure of attending Rwanda Cultural Day 2016, held Saturday, September 24 in San Francisco, California. My husband, James, and our friends Dr. Michael Wilkes (UC Davis School of Medicine) and his wife Dr. Maggie Rea, who have lived and worked in Rwanda, joined by perhaps […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Monday, December 21st, 2015
in Archive.
As 2015 comes to a close, we would like to thank our entire Gorilla Doctors team for its hard work and dedication to the conservation of wild eastern gorillas. Gorilla Doctors’ work has been vital in bringing mountain gorillas back from the brink of extinction. Since January 1, our team has: – Conducted more than 40 […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Wednesday, April 8th, 2015
in Archive.
By Michael Morales An enjoyable and important part of Gorilla Doctors’ work comes in the form of helping educate local communities about the health of mountain gorillas in Uganda, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Last month, our Gorilla Doctors team helped celebrate World Wildlife Day in Uganda. The celebration was at the Uganda […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Monday, December 29th, 2014
in Archive, Blog, Capacity Strengthening.
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 […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Tuesday, December 16th, 2014
in Archive, Blog, Partners.
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 […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Monday, December 8th, 2014
in Archive, Blog, Research.
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 […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Tuesday, November 25th, 2014
in Archive, Blog, Other Wildlife Stories.
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 […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Monday, November 24th, 2014
in Archive, Blog, Clinical Interventions.
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 […]
