By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Tuesday, July 15th, 2014
in Blog.
The Chimanuka group Grauer’s gorillas were feeding on the ripe fruit of the Myiranthus tree during Dr. Eddy’s visit last week in the Mwandagalo area of Kahuzi Biega National Park. Eighteen night nests were found (13 on the ground, 5 up in the trees) and all 18 individuals were observed. The group interacted with a […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Monday, May 19th, 2014
in Blog.
Two years, nine months and eleven days after orphan Grauer’s gorilla Ihirwe was rescued from poachers at the Rwanda border town of Gisenyi, the young female gorilla finally returned to her home country of the DRC. Ihirwe was airlifted by a UN helicopter on May 19th to the GRACE center in Kasugho, a remote region […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Friday, April 18th, 2014
in Blog.
by Dr. Eddy Kambale On Tuesday, April 8, the Congolese Park Authority (ICCN) reported to Gorilla Doctors that a juvenile gorilla in Kahuzi Biega National Park’s Chimanuka group had become caught in a poacher’s snare. When the young gorilla became ensnared, dominant silverback Chimanuka ripped the snare from the tree, freeing the youngster, but causing […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Wednesday, December 4th, 2013
in Blog.
Gorilla Doctors continues to monitor the the last remaining Grauer’s gorillas in the isolated forest of Mt. Tshiaibirimu outside of Virunga National Park. Previously separated into two groups named Kipura and Katsabara, the 6 remaining individuals appear to have joined into one group recently. Silverback Tshongo, who disappeared two months ago, has not been located, […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Monday, August 5th, 2013
in Blog.
Male Grauer’s gorilla released from a snare in an intervention by Gorilla Doctors in August 2013. Gorilla Doctors completed the second successful snare intervention in 2013 for a Grauer’s gorilla in Kahuzi Biega National Park’s Chimanuka group over the weekend. Gorilla Doctors Head Field Veterinarian Dr. Eddy Kambale was notified by park rangers that a […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Saturday, July 27th, 2013
in Blog.
by Jessica Burbridge The seven remaining Grauer’s gorillas living in Mt. Tshiabirimu’s isolated pocket of forest outside of Virunga National Park, DRC are an intriguing group. This small population has drastically reduced in number over the past decade and is the subject of a concerted effort to ensure their survival. These gorillas are genetically classified […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Wednesday, July 17th, 2013
in Blog.
The young Grauer’s gorilla orphan rescued from a Rwandan jailhouse on August 7th, 2011 by Dr. Jan Ramer of the Gorilla Doctors, with help from the Rwanda Development Board (RDB), the Congolese Park Authority (ICCN), and the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International, will soon be moved to the GRACE center in the eastern Democratic Republic […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Sunday, April 28th, 2013
in Blog.
Chimanuka group is the only group of Grauer’s gorillas habituated to human presence in the Democratic Republic of Congo. With 37 individuals, it is a very large group led by Chimanuka, an older, magnificent silverback. Drs. Eddy and Martin recently trekked to the group in Kahuzi Biega National Park to assess their health. Here is […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Friday, March 29th, 2013
in Blog.
by Jessica Burbridge On a small forested island just west of the DR Congo’s Virunga National Park, a tiny population of Grauer’s gorillas has reduced to one third of it’s original size within the last decade. Now down to just six individuals in two separate groups, this small population living on Mt. Tshiabirimu has only […]
