By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Wednesday, June 17th, 2020
in Blog, Conservation in Action.
At Gorilla Doctors, we regularly report on our work helping ill and injured mountain and Grauer’s gorillas with our hands-on veterinary care. But as you know, gorillas help one another all the time, and sometimes, even help Gorilla Doctors! Keep reading to learn more and discover different ways you can get involved and lend Gorilla […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Thursday, February 27th, 2020
in Blog, Conservation in Action, Gorilla Health.
The Coronavirus (COVID) outbreak is naturally of serious concern and we have received some questions about eastern gorilla susceptibility to this novel virus. Gorilla Doctors has been on the forefront of research in emerging pandemic threats and zoonotic spillover for the past 10 years with our implementation of the USAID Emerging Pandemic Threats PREDICT project, […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Monday, December 16th, 2019
in Conservation in Action, Press Releases.
Today in Kampala, Uganda (+11 hours ahead of PST), the Uganda Wildlife Authority announced the results of the 2018 Bwindi-Sarambwe mountain gorilla population survey, with mountain gorillas in this region increasing to a minimum of 459. When combined with the 2015-2016 population survey results in the Virunga Massif (604), the total world population of endangered […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Monday, July 1st, 2019
in Blog, Conservation in Action, Gorilla Health.
On June 18th Gorilla Doctor Martin Kabuyaya conducted a routine health check of the Grauer’s gorilla group, Bonane, led by the silverback of same name in Kahuzi-Biega National Park, DRC. Normally you’ll find updates from our routine health checks on social media but we felt this report warranted special attention as it highlights the long-term […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Thursday, November 8th, 2018
in Blog, Conservation in Action, Other Wildlife Stories, Press Releases.
By Kat Kerlin In 2018, the southern resident killer whale population in the Pacific Northwest’s Salish Sea was at its lowest ever. The world watched in September as an orca named Scarlet, or J50, wasted away and died, leaving just 74 of her kind left. Some wondered if this was “What extinction looks like.” Meanwhile, […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Wednesday, October 17th, 2018
in Blog, Conservation in Action.
At Gorilla Doctors, every day is a Gorilla Day – every day, we are reminded of the majesty of these incredible animals, and feel privileged to be able to contribute to their conservation. But it was particularly fun to join YOU in the global celebration of World Gorilla Day on September 24. Whether you simply […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Wednesday, August 29th, 2018
in Blog, Conservation in Action.
As many of you know, two British tourists, their driver and their park ranger escorts were attacked while heading up from Goma to Virunga National Park in May. One ranger was killed, and the tourists and driver were kidnapped and held for 48 hours until their release. As a result of this tragic event, and […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Thursday, May 31st, 2018
in Conservation in Action, Gorilla Health, Press Releases.
The latest census results of mountain gorillas living in the Virunga Massif is news worth celebrating! There are now 604 gorillas in 2016 compared to 480 in 2010. When combined with the estimated 400 gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda, there are now 1,004 mountain gorillas surviving in the wild — more than ever […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Wednesday, March 28th, 2018
in Blog, Conservation in Action.
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, September 4th, 2017
in Blog, Conservation in Action.
On Friday September 1, the Rwanda Development Board hosted the 13th annual Kwita Izina gorilla naming ceremony in Kingi, Rwanda, a town nestled at the base of Volcanoes National Park. Kwita Izina is inspired by the traditional Rwandese naming custom following the birth of a new baby. In attendance for Kwita Izina 2017 was the […]
