By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Thursday, December 20th, 2012
in Blog, Uncategorized.
After three months in quarantine at the Senkwekwe Center in Rumangabo, DRC, orphaned Grauer’s gorillas Baraka and Isangi received their final quarantine exams this week- the final step before clearance is granted for the infants to move to their long-term home. Isangi Ten-month-old baby Isangi is bright, strong, active and healthy after three months in […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Friday, August 24th, 2012
in Blog, Uncategorized.
This month, our newsletter subscribers and Facebook followers proved that small donations could make a big difference for the Gorilla Doctors. Thanks to donations made by nearly 40 Gorilla Doctors supporters in just three weeks our team will be receiving DSLR camera kits from Nikon. Our veterinarians photograph their patients not only because the gorillas […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Tuesday, July 31st, 2012
in Blog, Uncategorized.
The Gorilla Doctors team in Rwanda is in tremendous need of a new professional DSLR camera and telephoto lens after both of our older cameras and lenses were damaged beyond repair. We photograph our patients so that we can document and better track their health. Long lenses and cameras designed to work well in low […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Thursday, June 28th, 2012
in Uncategorized.
Mararo and her newborn.Every new mountain gorilla born in the wild represents hope for the species’ long-term survival. In Rwanda, these births are celebrated every June at Volcanoes National Park’s annual Kwita Izina Gorilla Naming Ceremony. On June 16, 19 mountain gorilla infants born in the park since June 2011 received Kinyarwanda names. Our own […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Tuesday, June 19th, 2012
in Uncategorized.
Silverback KirungiThe silverbacks and blackbacks of Nkuringo group in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park keep the Gorilla Doctors on their toes with their near constant fighting, which frequently leads to one or more individual being injured—sometimes quite seriously. In 2011, the adult female Samehe died after sustaining a severe a head wound in a fight between […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Monday, June 11th, 2012
in Uncategorized.
While the Gorilla Doctors have been unable to visit the mountain gorilla groups in Virunga National Park this month due to ongoing fighting between rebel groups and the Congolese army, our field veterinarians Dr. Eddy and Dr. Martin have been able to travel to Kahuzi-Biega National Park in South Kivu to check on the park’s […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Monday, June 11th, 2012
in Uncategorized.
After an extremely quiet spring with no veterinary interventions in Uganda, DRC, or Rwanda, June brought the Gorilla Doctors a flush of new veterinary cases—three in Rwanda’s Pablo group in alone. Pablo, the biggest habituated group in the Virunga Massif with 44 members, has had its fair share of health problems over the years, but […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Monday, May 28th, 2012
in Uncategorized.
Dr. Fred at the CNPRC in Davis, CA. © 2012 UC Regents Photo by Don PreislerBy Dr. Fred Nizeyimana The month of April found me in Davis, CA, USA. I arrived at the Sacramento airport in California on the night of April 1 after a long flight from Entebbe, Uganda, via Amsterdam and Detroit. It […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012
in Uncategorized.
Elisabeth Nyirakaragire gives a thumbs up after a successful intervention in Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda.By Dr. Dawn “They looked like old men,” says Elisabeth Nyirakaragire, the veterinary assistant for Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda, as we trek up the volcano to check on the newly formed mountain gorilla group, Karisimbi B. She recalls her first […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Monday, May 14th, 2012
in Uncategorized.
An infant mountain gorilla from the Munyaga family, which ranges near the area that was shelled on May 13.The Gorilla Doctors fear for the health and safety of the critically endangered mountain gorillas of Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo as rebels clash with the Congolese army in the park’s gorilla sector. […]
