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 Thursday, May 22nd, 2025
in Blog, Gorilla Health.
By Nelson Bukamba, field veterinarian, Uganda Last Friday as I was trekking through Bwindi on my way to administer deworming medication to silverback Kabukojo of Rushegura group, I received an urgent call from trackers. Six-year-old juvenile Bigorogoro in Mubare group was caught in a snare. Trackers said he was visibly distressed and emitting high-pitched screams […]
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, March 12th, 2024
in Blog, Gorilla Health.
On the morning of February 19, Dr. Lina hiked out from our Tshivanga field station at Kahuzi-Biega National Park, DR Congo. It was a little before 9:00AM, and she was planning a routine health check of Bonane group, a family of nine critically endangered Grauer’s gorillas led by silverback Bonane. Not far into the forest, […]
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, […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Wednesday, March 22nd, 2023
in Blog, Gorilla Health.
We are thrilled to announce a newborn Grauer’s gorilla in Bonane group at Kahuzi-Biega National Park, DR Congo. On Monday, Dr. Lina conducted a routine health check of the group and was delighted to see adult female Mukono holding her newborn (2-3 days old). Silverback Bonane has been busy! This is the second infant born […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Wednesday, May 4th, 2022
in Blog, Clinical Interventions.
On Wednesday April 27 Gorilla Doctors received an emergency call from Bwindi Impenetrable National Park rangers reporting that a sub-adult male mountain gorilla in Bitukura group had a wire snare around his left forearm. This is the second snare in Bwindi this year: in early January 2022 a blackback in Kahungye group was snared and […]
