Mountain and lowland gorillas face welfare pressures from habitat loss, poaching, and disease, with veterinary intervention playing a growing role in mountain gorilla welfare.
Snare injuries from wire traps set for other species cause severe limb injuries requiring veterinary intervention for mountain gorillas. Human respiratory diseases can transmit to gorillas, making tourist and researcher health protocols critical welfare safeguards. Habitat loss from artisanal mining and agriculture causes population displacement and welfare stress.