Thoughts from Dr. Benard: A Gorilla Doctors LIVE Preview

By Gorilla Doctors Staff on Thursday, December 5th, 2024 in Blog.

Just one week from today, Dr. Benard and our Uganda field veterinarians – Drs. Fred, Ricky and Nelson – will be discussing all things gorilla health during Gorilla Doctors LIVE on Thursday, December 12 at 9:00AM PST (12:00PM EST). Have you registered yet? Are you getting your questions ready? REGISTER HERE Here is a little […]

A World Gorilla Day Adventure: Journey of the ‘Gorilla Outfits’

A World Gorilla Day Adventure: Journey of the ‘Gorilla Outfits’ By Gorilla Doctors Staff on Tuesday, September 24th, 2024 in Blog.

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 […]

Houston Zoo Crew Works with Gorilla Doctors

Houston Zoo Crew Works with Gorilla Doctors 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 […]

Notes from the Forest: Checking on Mutobo Group

silverback mountain gorilla By Gorilla Doctors Staff on Tuesday, July 9th, 2024 in Blog.

By Dr. Adrien Emile Ntwari, Field Veterinarian, Rwanda Welcome to my first “Notes from the Forest” where we share our latest field updates on the health of endangered mountain gorillas and critically endangered Grauer’s (eastern lowland) gorillas. Where I work in Volcanoes National Park, on the Rwanda side of the Virunga Massif, we monitor the […]

A Day in the Life

A Day in the Life By Gorilla Doctors Staff on Thursday, June 27th, 2024 in Blog.

Shared with permission from Synergy Magazine, a publication of the University of California, School of Veterinary Medicine. “Every single day that I am out in the forest with the gorillas I realize that when we save gorillas, we are also saving ourselves.” – Dr. Gaspard Nzayisenga, field veterinarian, Rwanda This understanding has guided Nzayisenga from […]

A Personal Note from Dr. Eddy

A Personal Note from Dr. Eddy 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 […]

Gorilla Doctors Rescue Infant Mountain Gorilla from Snare

Gorilla Doctors Rescue Infant Mountain Gorilla from Snare By Gorilla Doctors Staff on Wednesday, August 16th, 2023 in Blog.

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, […]

Our Hospital is the Forest: Gorilla Doctors treat a mountain gorilla in Susa group

Our Hospital is the Forest: Gorilla Doctors treat a mountain gorilla in Susa group By Gorilla Doctors Staff on Tuesday, May 30th, 2023 in Blog.

Monday, May 8 started out as a quiet day at the Gorilla Doctors regional headquarters in Musanze, Rwanda. Drs. Gaspard and Adrien worked at their desks catching up on field reports and Dr. Julius was off-site at a meeting. Then the call came in… When the Call Comes Umwari, an adult female mountain gorilla in […]

Dr. Lina Receives Siddle-Marsden Award from PASA

Dr. Lina Receives Siddle-Marsden Award from PASA By Gorilla Doctors Staff on Monday, May 1st, 2023 in Blog.

1) Lina, congratulations on receiving the Siddle-Marsden Award from PASA (Pan African Sanctuary Alliance). You were actually awarded this honor in 2020 but they just had the ceremony in Malawi at the end of March. Can you tell us about the award and the work you did to receive this honor? Dr. Lina: Thank you […]

The Lonely Loved One

The Lonely Loved One By Gorilla Doctors Staff on Monday, January 16th, 2023 in Blog.

By Dr. Gaspard Nzayisenga, field veterinarian, Rwanda During my health monitoring of Muhoza group on January 5, I was surprised to find Inkundwa, a lone silverback mountain gorilla, interacting with Muhoza group (led by silverback Muhoza). Apparently, there had been a fight early that morning before our arrival, which resulted in a couple of minor […]