By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Wednesday, February 4th, 2026
in Blog, Clinical Interventions, Conservation in Action, Gorilla Health.
By Dr. Fred Nizeyimana, senior field veterinarian, Uganda On January 19, I received a call from Mgahinga Gorilla National Park trackers that adult female mountain gorilla, Tulambule, in Nyakagezi group, had diarrhea and appeared slightly emaciated. As I was working from the Buhoma sector of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, a roughly five-hour drive away, I […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Thursday, January 22nd, 2026
in Blog, Clinical Interventions, Gorilla Health.
By Gaspard Nzayisenga, senior field veterinarian Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda December 25, 2025 saw the beginnings of respiratory illness in some of the gorillas in Kwitonda group. Over the next few days, the respiratory illness spread through the group with some gorillas showing more severe clinical signs than others. On December 28, trackers reported to […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Tuesday, November 25th, 2025
in Blog, Clinical Interventions.
By Dr. Adrien Emile Ntwari, field veterinarian, Rwanda On Saturday November 15, we received an emergency call from Volcanoes National Park rangers – Umusingi, a five-year-old juvenile male from the Igisha family was caught in a rope snare. Umusingi and other gorillas from his family chewed through the rope tethering him to the snare but […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Friday, November 14th, 2025
in Blog, Clinical Interventions.
Snare Rescue #1: Virunga National Park By Dr. Eddy, Kambale Syaluha, head veterinarian, DR Congo On Monday October 13 around 10:00AM, Gorilla Doctors received a call from the Virunga National Park monitoring team reporting that a juvenile mountain gorilla in Bageni group was observed by trackers with a wire snare on its left foot. Dr. […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Friday, July 11th, 2025
in Blog, Clinical Interventions.
By Dr. Fabrice Katembo Malonga, field veterinarian, DR Congo On Saturday July 5 we received a call from park rangers that an infant mountain gorilla in Mapuwa group of the Mikeno sector in Virunga National Park, DR Congo was observed with a wire snare embedded deep in her left wrist. We outfitted our medical ‘go […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Tuesday, June 24th, 2025
in Blog, Clinical Interventions.
On the afternoon of Thursday June 5, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park trackers reported that blackback mountain gorilla Karureeta of Katwe group had a wire snare around his left wrist. The snare was affecting his mobility, and he was exhibiting signs of discomfort. Despite Karureeta’s name translating to “chaos initiator” (he likes to stir up trouble […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Monday, April 14th, 2025
in Blog, Clinical Interventions.
By Dr. Adrien Emile Ntwari, field veterinarian, Rwanda UPDATE: Last week Dr. Gaspard conducted a follow-up monitoring visit and found Umutuzo’s abscess wound healing as well as reduced inflammation around the wound site. She was actively feeding and appeared in overall good health as seen in this photo. >> Last Tuesday (April 8), Dr. Gaspard […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Friday, January 24th, 2025
in Blog, Clinical Interventions.
By Gaspard Nzayisenga, senior field veternarian, Rwanda At Gorilla Doctors we are on call 24/7, ready to respond to a gorilla health emergency, rain or shine. On this particular Sunday, January 19, we received an urgent call from Volcanoes National Park trackers who discovered an infant mountain gorilla caught in a snare. Dr. Adrien and […]
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 Wednesday, August 16th, 2023
in Blog, Clinical Interventions.
Field Report: By Dr. Gaspard Nzayisenga The last couple of weeks have been stressful for 2.5-year-old infant Ingabire of Isimbi group in Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda. On August 8 we received a report that Ingabire had been trapped in a wire snare. The trackers were able to successfully detach the wire from the bamboo stake, […]
