Pantie Raider
An 18-year-old woman was arrested two weeks after shoving piles
of stock from a Victoria’s Secret lingerie store in Maryland, US, into
her shopping bags. Her ill-fated shoplifting spree comprised
375 hipster panties (worth $3937.50); 375 cut thongs ($3937.50);
1000 thongs ($10,500); and 250 hip-hugging panties ($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, conducted in
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
like now, but Buzinza is doing a lot
better,” Denstedt says. “She’s climb-
ing again.”
Buzinza’s treatment continues to
inspire Denstedt and remind her
of the difference she and Gorilla
Doctors can make. By documenting
a bone infection in the species for the
first time, then successfully treating
it, the team now has a proven pro-
tocol for when they next confront
something similar. On top of that,
Denstedt is proud to have contribut-
ed to saving the life of a gorilla.
As much as she loves the work,
though, Denstedt looks forward to a
future when it’s no longer required.
“I do hope that one day the gorillas,
and the many other animal species
facing extinction, won’t need human
intervention to survive,” she says.
“And that gorillas will be around for
a long, long time so that others like
me can know how it feels to enjoy
them – whether it be through the
television, in a brilliant photograph
or while sitting quietly in the forest
watching a group in the distance go
about their day.”33
Can We Save the Mountain Gorilla?