By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Wednesday, April 27th, 2011 in Uncategorized.
Lubutu the day of his confiscation.By Molly Feltner, MGVP Communications Officer In late March we received word that another male Grauer’s gorilla was confiscated in Lubutu, DR Congo, by the Congolese Wildlife Authority (ICCN). Maiko National Park Chief Park Warden Paulin Ngobobo has been working on this confiscation and breaking up the poacher network in […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Monday, April 25th, 2011 in Uncategorized.
Dr. Noel with an elephant at the Indianapolis Zoo. This year from January 16 to February 21, I traveled to the U.S. for the first time. I came to the country for the purpose of gaining veterinary clinical experience, learning more advanced laboratory techniques at the Indianapolis and Maryland Zoos, working with the MGVP technician […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Tuesday, April 12th, 2011 in Uncategorized.
Dr. Jan examines Ndakasi’s hand.This blog was written by Dr. Jan. The Gorilla Doctors and Virunga National Park staff have been working slowly but surely to integrate the only 4 captive mountain gorillas on earth into a family unit. As a family, the gorillas have a much better chance of surviving in wild should they […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Wednesday, April 6th, 2011 in Uncategorized.
This blog was written by Dr. Jan. On March 31 I visited Hirwa group for a routine health check. We found the group at 8:20 am in the area called Rwebeya. They were not far from their night nests, enjoying the sun, and eating the celery and vines that surrounded them. I was with Safari, […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Tuesday, March 29th, 2011 in Uncategorized.
PRESS RELEASE March 29, 2011 Human Virus Linked to Deaths of Endangered Mountain Gorillas Musanze, Rwanda – For the first time, a virus that causes respiratory disease in humans has been linked to the deaths of wild mountain gorillas, says a team of researchers in a new study published online today in the CDC journal Emerging Infectious […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Monday, March 28th, 2011 in Uncategorized.
This blog was written by Dr. Jan. On Wednesday I received a call from Elisabeth that Kwitonda had sustained a laceration to his side during a fight involving Akarevuro and Kigoma, the other two silverbacks in the group. Yesterday we found the night nests just inside the wall. We tracked them inside the park for […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011 in Uncategorized.
Producer Jason Giberti, Dr. Jan, Dr. Eddy, and Cameraman/Diretcor Jim Incledon By Molly Feltner, MGVP Communications Officer On March 11, a film crew from the Animal Planet TV series Wildlife SOS arrived in DR Congo to document the work of the Gorilla Doctors and Virunga National Park rangers for 9 days. Host Simon Cowell (no, […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011 in Uncategorized.
Here’s the update on Samehe, the adult female from Nkuringo group in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable National Park who suffered a serious head wound and has been receiving ongoing treatment from the Gorilla Doctors. Dr. Magda reports: Samehe’s wound on March 16. On March 15 Dr. Fred reported Samehe to be weak and alone. Her group […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Monday, March 21st, 2011 in Uncategorized.
By Molly Feltner, MGVP Communications Officer On March 12, Gorilla Doctors Jan, Eddy, and Jacques and MGVP and Virunga National Park caretakers renewed their work to integrate mountain gorilla orphans Maisha, Kaboko, Ndeze, and Ndakasi into a family. Up until recent weeks the two young gorillas Ndeze and Ndakasi and the two older gorillas, Maisha […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Monday, February 28th, 2011 in Uncategorized.
In mid-February, Dr. Jan traveled to the Senkwekwe sanctuary at Virunga National Park to help the Congolese Wildlife Aurhoity (ICCN) with the introduction of the mountain gorilla orphans Ndeze and Ndakasi to Maisha and Kaboko. After a few months of being able to view each other from their separate forest enclosures , the four mountain […]
