PantieRaider
An 18-year-old woman was arrestedtwoweeksaftershovingpiles
of stock from a Victoria’s SecretlingeriestoreinMaryland,US,into
her shopping bags. Her ill-fatedshopliftingspreecomprised
375 hipster panties (worth $3937.50); 375 cutthongs($3937.50);
1000 thongs ($10,500); and 250 hip-huggingpanties($2625).
http://www.nbc4i.comTHE GORILLA DOCTORS’ extreme
conservation approach is working.
A 2011 study revealed that habit-
uated gorilla groups who received
veter inary treatment showed twice
the population-growth rate as those
that did not. And overall, the spe-
cies’ numbers keep rising. The most
recent census of mountain gorillas
in the Virunga Massif, conductedin
2016, counted more than 600 mem-
bers, an increase of 124 since 2010.
Combined with the estimated 400
in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, the
mountain-gorilla population has
surpassed 1000 for the first time ever.
In November 2018, the Internation-
al Union of Conservation of Nature
(IUCN) upgraded the status of the
mountain gorilla from critically en-
dangered to endangered – another
sign of success.
As for Buzinza, trackers and field
veterinarians monitored her over
the next five weeks and continued
to dart her with doses of antibiotics.
She recovered steadily. “We don’t
have any X-rays after treatment,so
I don’t know what the bone looks
likenow,butBuzinzaisdoinga lot
better,”Denstedtsays.“She’sclimb-
ingagain.”
Buzinza’streatmentcontinuesto
inspireDenstedtandremindher
ofthe differencesheandGorilla
Doctorscanmake.Bydocumenting
a boneinfectioninthespeciesforthe
firsttime,thensuccessfullytreating
it,theteamnowhasa provenpro-
tocolforwhentheynextconfront
somethingsimilar.Ontopofthat,
Denstedtisproudtohavecontribut-
edtosavingthelifeofa gorilla.
Asmuchasshelovesthework,
though,Denstedtlooksforwardtoa
futurewhenit’snolongerrequired.
“Idohopethatonedaythegorillas,
andthemanyotheranimalspecies
facingextinction,won’tneedhuman
interventiontosurvive,”shesays.
“Andthatgorillaswillbearoundfor
a long,longtimesothatotherslike
mecanknowhowitfeelstoenjoy
them–whetheritbethroughthe
television,ina brilliantphotograph
orwhilesittingquietlyintheforest
watchinga groupinthedistancego
abouttheirday.”33
Can We Save the Mountain Gorilla?