Monthly Archives: March 2009

Working in the Rain: Inkumbuza’s Snare, Part 2

Category: Field Procedures, Snares
Date: March 6th 2009
By: dr.-jan-ramer-for-gorilladoctors

Mother Pasika (upper right) checks on Inkumbuza’s snare
The tracking team, each armed with a long stick, had gathered in a line on the hillside above us, ready to scare Ugenda and others away. Fundi, followed closely by our team—Magda, Jean Felix, Elisabeth, and I—would try to run Pasika away from her infant. We [...]

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Working in the Rain: Inkumbuza’s Snare

Category: Field Procedures, Snares
Date: March 4th 2009
By: dr.-jan-ramer-for-gorilladoctors

I have a new answer to the question, “How often do gorillas get caught in snares?” Two years ago, I would’ve said very rarely. Now my reply is too often. Today we removed another snare, the seventh in less than two years. Our patient was Inkumbuza, a three-and-a-half-year-old mountain gorilla from [...]

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