By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Tuesday, July 1st, 2014
in Blog.
Rwanda celebrated the 10th annual Kwita Izina gorilla baby naming ceremony on Tuesday, July 1st in Kinigi, Rwanda. According to the Rwanda Development Board, who hosts the annual celebration, this year’s theme ‘Conserving – Empowering – Growing’ recognizes the “efforts of all those that have contributed to the sustainable regional and national conservation of the […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Friday, June 20th, 2014
in Blog.
Gorilla Doctors would like to congratulate our partner organization, the International Gorilla Conservation Programme (IGCP), who, along with the Wildlife Friendly Enterprise Network (WFEN), launched the Gorilla Friendly™ Pledge, “an awareness raising campaign developed to minimize the risk of disease transmission from human to gorilla, during treks to see these magnificent great apes in the […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Wednesday, May 28th, 2014
in Blog.
By Dr. Jan Ramer Dr. Eddy, the Head Veterinarian for Gorilla Doctors in DR Congo was notified that a mountain gorilla had become ensnared in Virunga National Park’s Mapuwa group on May 21st. Since Dr. Martin was doing Routine Health Checks at Mt. Tshaiberimu and could not assist with the intervention, I immediately traveled from […]
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 Thursday, April 17th, 2014
in Blog.
by Jessica Burbridge Just months after the Congolese Army and UN forces secured the Mikeno Sector of Virunga National Park after occupation by the M23 rebel group, the Gorilla Doctors were shocked to learn of the attack on Chief Park Warden Emmanuel de Merode on Tuesday, April 15. The warden was shot through the windshield […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Saturday, March 1st, 2014
in Blog.
by Dr. Jan Ramer Drs. Eddy and Jan with Niall and Virunga National Park rangers in DRC. I finally got my DRC visa and last week got to visit Rumangabo, Senkwekwe Center and 2 gorilla groups at Bukima – it was soooo great to be back! And I was lucky to share this visit with […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Thursday, January 2nd, 2014
in Blog.
*** Warning: Blog contains some graphic imagery *** A violent interaction between lone silverback Rukundo (formerly of Pablo group) and the pair of Isabukuru group silverbacks on December 22nd left Bukima’s infant Imigano dead and Isaro’s 15-month-old infant Icyororo severely wounded. In the field, it often seems that the idiom “when it rains it pours” […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Wednesday, December 18th, 2013
in Blog.
On a routine health check of Ntambara group in Volcanoes National Park on December 17, Gorilla Doctors Rwanda Head Field Vet Dr. Jean Felix Kinani observed an infant in distress. Ingamiya, the 13-month-old male offspring of mother Tegereza was crying out frequently, had difficulty breathing with foam coming from his mouth. The Fossey Fund Karisoke […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Monday, October 7th, 2013
in Blog.
Drs. Eddy Kambale and Dawn Zimmerman traveled to Virunga National Park (DRC) to assess elderly female Gashangi (Humba group), after Park Authorities reported that the female had returned to the group after missing for more than 4 months. Gashangi was last seen with her group in April with a large lesion on her lip that […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Friday, September 27th, 2013
in Blog.
Great Ape conservationists from around the world convened in Jackson Hole, Wyoming this past weekend for the 2013 Great Ape Summit (www.greatapesummit.org). The 4-day summit was a collaborative effort by the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival, the Great Apes Survival Partnership (GRASP), and the Arcus Foundation. Gorilla Doctors Co-Director Dr. Kirsten Gilardi attended the summit, […]
