Mountain Gorillas acquire clinic in Bwindi

Gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in southwestern Uganda have better medical attention after the establishment of a laboratory for monitoring their health. The executive Director Conservation through Public Health (CTPH), a Non-governmental Organization said a laboratory for undertaking tests on endangered mountain gorillas had been put in a place in buhoma village at the fringes of the park.. Apart from Volcanoes national park in Rwanda and Virunga in Democratic republic of Congo, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park if one of the parks where gorilla safaris is carried in the world. CTPH and its partners including Uganda Wildlife Authority had contributed to the building of the Laboratory early 2005. The United States and Bayer Pharmaceuticals also assisted in the setting up of the laboratory, which also referred to as the field clinic for mountain gorillas and other species of animals.  The gorilla’s health has been monitored by analyzing samples regularly instead of reacting to emergencies when there is a disease break out. The dung of the gorillas has been collected once a week by the UWA, which researchers examine and then advices UWA on proper measures to prevent the diseases. The construction of the animal clinic was instructed by UWA to be put out side the park so that it would assist locals to treat other animals.

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park Harbors more than a half of the global population of the mountain gorillas, which is estimated at 750 and the remaining population roam the three that is Uganda (Mgahinga), Rwanda, and DRC. Gorilla tours are the hottest tourists activity as well as the attraction in Uganda. Gorilla safaris contribute much of UWA’s revenue from protected areas, part of which is used to run other parks that are not popular tourists destination in the country.