By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Tuesday, April 8th, 2025
in Blog, Conservation in Action, Partners.
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, September 24th, 2024
in Blog, Partners.
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 […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Friday, August 23rd, 2024
in Blog, Partners.
At the beginning of August, seven extraordinary teenagers from the Houston Zoo’s Zoo Crew program spent a few days with Gorilla Doctors at our regional headquarters in Musanze, Rwanda. The students spent more than six months preparing for their trip and their 12-day adventure culminated with trekking deep into Volcanoes National Park with Gorilla Doctors […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Friday, May 27th, 2022
in Blog, Partners.
Kahuzi-Biega National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is home to critically endangered Grauer’s gorillas (Gorilla beringei graueri) as well as a rich diversity of flora and fauna. It is estimated that Kahuzi-Biega and surrounding unprotected forest support almost 60% of the total remaining population of Grauer’s gorillas1. For the past few […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Tuesday, September 21st, 2021
in Blog, Partners.
Partners In Conservation (PIC) is an organization based at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Columbus, Ohio. PIC has been a dedicated supporter of Gorilla Doctors since 1995. On the eve of their annual fundraiser – the Rwandan Fête – we are pleased to share the following conversation between PIC Co-founder and Manager, Jeff Ramsey […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Thursday, November 5th, 2020
in Blog, Partners.
This month through November 15th, UK-based wildlife photographer Ian Wood is auctioning a limited edition mountain gorilla photo signed by the legendary Sir David Attenborough (now on Netflix with A Life on Our Planet). Ian is donating 100% of the auction proceeds to Gorilla Doctors. He’s also selling a collection of limited edition prints on […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Saturday, December 1st, 2018
in Blog, Partners, Research.
Gorilla Doctors is working with our government partners and colleagues on a comprehensive and collaborative study investigating the role of gastrointestinal parasites in causing illness in mountain gorillas. Among our collaborators are Klára Petrzelková and David Modry, parasitology experts based at the Czech Academy of Sciences and the University of Brno, Czech Republic. Klára and […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Thursday, October 18th, 2018
in Blog, Partners.
By Dr. Methode Bahizi For many years Gorilla Doctors has been extremely fortunate to receive support from Abaxis Europe (Germany), which manufactures clinical laboratory equipment. The portable, patient-side i-STAT machines that Abaxis first donated, which Gorilla Doctors uses to accurately measure blood gas, electrolyte, serum chemistry and hematology in minutes from just a few […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Monday, August 27th, 2018
in Blog, Partners.
GUEST POST By David E. Shaw, Black Point Group In June 2018 I traveled to Virunga National Park in Rwanda to fulfill a long-held goal to see mountain gorillas in the wild. It was a wonderful experience, made even more extraordinary by time I was able to spend with Dr. Michael Cranfield of Gorilla Doctors. […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Thursday, June 21st, 2018
in Blog, Partners.
Gorilla Doctors, an international team of veterinarians providing life-saving care to wild endangered mountain and Grauer’s gorillas in east-central Africa, today announces the appointment of actor Emmy Rossum as Goodwill Ambassador. Currently starring in the Showtime television series “Shameless,” the award-winning actor is a long-time advocate of animals and the environment. As a Gorilla […]
