“We share over 98% genetic material with gorillas so we can easily make each other sick. we have to be so careful that they don’t pick up human diseases because they may find it harder to fight them.” ...
Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka is an award-winning wildlife vet and the founder of Conservation through Public Health. For more than 20 years, Dr. Gladys has helped local communities and mountain gorillas in Uganda to live healthily and peacefully alongside each other....
"The health of people is closely connected to the health of animals and our shared environment."...
About 460 mountain gorillas live in the Bwindi Rainforest in southwestern Uganda. In order to save them from extinction, conservationists also take care of the people in the region. This serves the acceptance of the great apes and keeps them healthy....
The National Geographic Explorer, conservationist, and veterinarian gives her tips on inspiring children to explore....
!ere were once so few mountain gorillas alive that many experts believed they’d be extinct by this century....
