published August 23, 2023 By Carolina Baquerizo, Cornell DVM '24 source : Cornell University Cornell Wildlife Health Center Working with primates is something I had avoided for a while. Most of my interest has been in southern Africa, with ungulates like giraffes, antelope, and pachyderms being...
Published at August 18, 2023 by Catherine Marshall Source:The Age Somewhere high above me, the mountains are touching the sun. They sweep heavenwards like mighty barricades, their flanks cloaked in a tangle of forest, their peaks concealed in a pall of cloud. “We expect the baptism every time,”...
Guest: Author and Uganda’s first Wildlife veterinarian Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka joins John to discuss her book ‘Walking with Gorillas’. Published : 7th August 2023 Source : Cape Talk...
Growing up under the reign of military dictator Idi Amin, Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka had to create the position of wildlife veterinarian for herself. One of her greatest achievements has been finding the connection between the health of the villages on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable National...
[embedyt] https://youtu.be/ADc4xr5276I[/embedyt] Uganda’s first wildlife vet, Dr Gladys Kalema Zikusoka realised early in her life that wildlife conservation does not happen in a vacuum. It has to embrace the surrounding human population as well, and often navigate its way through conflict. Her book 'Walking With Gorillas,...
Durban - Primates and presidents have shaped the unique and dangerous life of Uganda’s first wildlife vet, Dr Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, who was in South Africa this week to promote her memoir, “Walking With Gorillas: The Journey of an African Wildlife Vet”....
