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Kubana with a wound on her face.This blog was written by Dr. Jan. On the afternoon of September 17 Veronica Vecellio from Karisoke Research Center reported that there was an interaction in Ugenda group with an unidentified lone silverback. Inziza, an adult female, tried to follow the lone silverback and her 3.5-year-old daughter Igitangaza tried […]
Mwirima with juveniles and infants crossing a water stream.Dr. Fred, MGVP’s Ugandan field veterinarian, offers his annual report on the health status of the habituated gorilla groups in Bwindi Impenetrable and Mgahinga National Parks. Rushegura Group Rushegura is one of the biggest groups in Bwindi with 22 gorillas. The group is still under leadership of […]
Ibidukikije wants to be near Kwitonda.Dr. Jan reports on a recent case in Kwitonda group: One September 3, Elisabeth Nyirakaragire, Volcanoes National Park’s Veterinary Warden received a call at 12:30 that Ibidukikije, the two-year-old infant son of Kibyei in Kwitonda group, was having difficulty moving and deteriorating. We immediately arranged to go to the group, […]
As Dr. Jan observes the Hirwa twins, they enjoy observing her. Dr. Jan reports on her routine health check visit with Hirwa group in Volcanoes National park, Rwanda. Today I visited Hirwa group for a routine health check. We found the group at 8:00 am in the area called Sanzari. The group was very calm, […]
The ailing Ntobo lies on the ground. Drs. Jean-Felix Kinani and Jan Ramer report on the case of Ntobo, a female gorilla in Volcanoes National Park who died on September 9, 2011. From Dr. Jean Felix on September 8: Yesterday, Karisoke Research Center (KRC) trackers requested a veterinary assessment for Ntobo, one of the females […]
On her recent health check with Susa group in Volcanoes National Park, Dr. Jan was able to get some good shots and video footage of female Rumuvu and her twins and the new baby of Rwandarushya. Here is her report: Susa group feeding.I visited Susa group after a new baby was reported, and there were […]
Poor little orphan Ndakasi can’t catch a break. The four-year-old mountain gorilla orphan who sustained a bad concussion falling out of tree in July gave the Gorilla Doctors and Virunga National Park staff another health scare this month when she became ill with an infection of unknown origin. Read Dr. Jan’s dispatches about Ndakasi’s illness […]
This blog was written by Dr. Jan. The orphans play a caretaker the quarantine facility in Kinigi, Rwanda.In late July, after months of careful planning, the six Grauer’s gorillas being cared for at the Mountain Gorilla Quarantine Facility in Kinigi, Rwanda, went back to their home country of DR Congo. Pinga, Serafuli, Itebero, Ntabwoba, Dunia […]
Dr. Jean-Felix reaches out to Ihirwe.On August 18, the Gorilla Doctors performed a full medical examination on new mountain gorilla orphan Ihirwe to determine if she has any diseases or other health disorders. The infant had been suffering from a respiratory infection but was recovering nicely after receiving antibiotics. Ihirwe receives the anesthesia injection.Here is […]
IhirweToday Dr. Jean-Felix was able to perform a health check on the orphan and he discovered that the gorilla is a little girl! She has been given the same Ihirwe, meaning “luck” in Kinyarwanda, the native language of Rwanda. We think she was very lucky that police caught the men holding her captive! Dr. Jean-Felix […]
