{{Volocanoes National Park Veterinary Warden Elisabeth Nyirakaragire assessed Kigoma, a gorilla in the third silverback in Kwitonda group, who had been reported to be suffering from an ear infection.}}<\/p>\n
Nyirakaragire claims that currently the gorilla is recovering from the wound. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe tracked the group for 1.5 hours, finally finding the group pretty high on the slope of Mt. Gahinga. Where we found Kigoma behaving normally and eating well, but with a terrible ear infection – there was white discharge running from his left ear,\u201d Nyirakaragire said. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe decided that while the infection may not look life threatening at the moment, the severity and proximity of the infection to his brain meant we needed to intervene, with antibiotics as a first attempt, and full intervention if antibiotics failed to help,\u201d said Nyirakaragire.<\/p>\n
She also noted that she doesn\u2019t know how the infection started but added that perhaps the injury might have been a scratch from a stick.<\/p>\n
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