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This week’s blog is written by Dr. Eddy, one of our Congolese veterinarians. As reminder, the young silverback Mukunda likes to raid crops outside Virunga National Park and he has twice traveled far outside of the park, requiring the Gorilla Doctors to anesthetize him so he could be carried back. The second time, on July […]
The report from the field was that Kwitonda, the chief silverback for the group that bears his name, was slow, lethargic, and staying more than 20 meters behind his group. This was alarming. Kwitonda is said to be at least 35 years old, although we don’t know his age for sure. He is a strong […]
Drs. Fred, Jan, and Noel and UWA rangers and trackers hike to Mgahinga to perform an intervention.By Molly Feltner, MGVP Communications Officer Dr. Fred Nizeyimana joined the Gorilla Doctors this year as our Uganda In-Country Field Veterinarian and has been dedicated to monitoring the health of Uganda’s mountain gorilla ever since. Born in Kisoro, Uganda, […]
Students James and Kris and Laboratory Technician Dr. Noel indentify cattle to be sampled on a farm bordering the park. By Molly Feltner, MGVP Communications Officer To complement our efforts to save mountain gorilla lives in the field, we support research projects examining gorilla and ecosystem health issues. This September, James Hassell, a veterinary student […]
This blog was written by Dr. Madga with additional details provided by Dr. Jan. The past few weeks have proved to be busy at the Kinigi orphan facility as we prepare the mountain gorillas for their move to the Senkwekwe Center in Virunga National Park and the Grauer’s gorillas for their move to Grace (Gorilla […]
Amahoro means peace in Kinyarwanda. Yesterday was a routine health check for Amahoro group and we found the group to be very peaceful! We walked up the gentle slopes of the saddle between Sabinyo and Visoke volcanoes through a bamboo forest, finally arriving at a lovely valley. Sabyinyo and Mikeno volcanoes were beautiful in the […]
This blog was written by Jean Bosco Noheli or Noel, MGVP’s Regional Laboratory Technician. Noel, a recent veterinary school graduate, recently began joining the Gorilla Doctors on their regular health monitoring visits in Volcanoes National Park. This is my 11th visit to the gorillas for routine health checks and today I visited Sabyinyo, which has […]
Munyinya is the silverback for Hirwa group. He looks over a family of five adult females and their infants. This week’s health check was a pleasure – the family was resting and playing in the bamboo zone, and as usual the kids were playing like crazy all around Muyinya. At one point I could see […]
Mukunda is the 15-year-old son of Senkwekwe. He is a sliverback who saw his father, mother and five other family members shot and killed in Congo in 2007. At the time he was a blackback gorilla who helped the remaining family to flee the horror of that day. He has been living in Rugendo group, […]
Each month all Gorilla Doctors gather in Ruhengeri at our regional office for “veterinary rounds.” We also invite Dr. Arthur, the ICCN veterinarian for Virunga National Park in Congo, Dr. Cyprian, our volunteer veterinarian who is helping with our domestic animals cases, and Elisabeth, the Volcanoes Nation Park Veterinary Warden and our dear partner in […]
