By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Monday, November 4th, 2024
in Blog.
Gorilla Doctors is thrilled to announce that Dr. Tierra, our chief veterinary and scientific officer, is joining the faculty of the University of California, Berkeley (UCB) this coming January 2025. Dr. Tierra’s position at UCB is a joint appointment with the Department of Integrative Biology and the School of Public Health and will enable her […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Monday, October 21st, 2024
in Blog.
It doesn’t get much better than autumn in Paris unless you add Dr. Jane Goodall giving a historic speech at UNESCO World Headquarters, which is exactly what happened this past Saturday, October 19, 2024. It just worked out that one of our team was working in Paris when Dr. Goodall’s speech was announced. And thanks […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Friday, August 23rd, 2024
in Blog.
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 Thursday, December 7th, 2023
in Blog.
Today, I was honored to share virtual space with our partner, Emmanuel de Merode of Virunga National Park here in DR Congo. We discussed the challenges and opportunities of our work – conservation in action. When you are responsible for protecting the health of an endangered species, the life of each individual patient contributes to the […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Tuesday, August 1st, 2023
in Blog.
In June our Ugandan Head Veterinarian, Dr. Benard Ssebide, and our Chief Veterinary & Scientific Officer, Dr. Tierra Smiley Evans, traveled to the headquarters of the National Institutes of Health just outside of Washington, DC to attend the Centers for Research in Emerging Infectious Diseases (CREID) Network meeting and present on Gorilla Doctors’ research and […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Friday, July 7th, 2023
in Blog.
Notes from the Field: By Dr. Gaspard Nzayisenga, field veterinarian, Rwanda For their effective conservation, mountain gorillas in Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda are monitored on a daily basis by park trackers and rangers as well as researchers and Gorilla Doctors’ veterinarians. Tourists from around the world also visit gorillas daily. Gorillas are susceptible to human […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Tuesday, April 4th, 2023
in Blog.
1) JP, you serve as Gorilla Doctors’ Employee Health Program Manager. Can you tell us about your role and why human health is also important to gorilla health? My role is to coordinate the activities of the employee health program in DR Congo, which has the overall objective of reducing the risk of disease spread […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Thursday, August 4th, 2022
in Blog.
I am Jackson Mwenge. I serve as the Administrator for Gorilla Doctors in DR Congo. I have been with the organization since 2018. In 2021, we established a new field station at Kahuzi-Biega National Park as part of our expanded efforts to monitor the health of critically endangered Grauer’s gorillas. In my role as administrator […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Tuesday, September 21st, 2021
in Blog.
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 Tuesday, May 25th, 2021
in Blog, Press Releases.
A scientific study published today in Scientific Reports suggests that new health challenges may be emerging as a result of conservationists’ success in pulling mountain gorillas back from the brink of extinction. The study, the first ever species-wide survey of parasite infections across the entire range of the mountain gorilla, was conducted by an international […]