Buliisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Peasant farmers neighboring Murchison Falls National Park in Buliisa on Friday stormed the sub-county headquarters protesting against elephant and Buffalo crop raids. Men, women, and children holding placards stormed the Buliisa sub-county headquarters demanding that the government should urgently intervene to save the situation. The …
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Oyam, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In April 2019, seven-month-pregnant Dorcus Aceng met her death when she unknowingly came into contact with an agitated elephant that had strayed from Murchison National Park. That fateful day, Aceng was at home going about her normal business when the elephant came running across her …
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Five years on, Ugandan conservationists can’t believe Vietnamese wildlife traffickers got away with it SPECIAL REPORT | WILD LIFE CONSERVATION | In January 2019, the arrest and imminent prosecution of several Vietnamese wildlife traffickers in Kampala excited wildlife conservationists in Uganda and abroad who saw it as an opportunity to disrupt a …
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Mororto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These days, farmers in the villages of Kicoke, Bugana, and Nganzi in Buliisa sleep in a makeshift hut outside their gardens. The idea of crops of their crops being unable to pass another night rattles them. They have to stay awake to fight off the …
Read More »The story of dung and a community wildlife project that has helped Kenya double elephant population
A Mombasa wildlife conservatory is turning elephant dung collected from roads into big business – in the process keeping community wildlife reserve landowners happy, building tree cover and becoming part of a growing Kenyan success story in elephant population recovery. SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | Mwaluganje Elephant Sanctuary Chairman, …
Read More »Africa’s largest female elephant dies in Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Africa’s largest female elephant, Dida, died aged between 60 and 65 years at a national park southeast of the Kenyan capital Nairobi, the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) confirmed on Tuesday. KWS said Dida, who was possibly Africa’s largest female Tusker and a matriarch residing in Tsavo …
Read More »Stray elephants kill resident in Kasese
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Another person has been killed by a stray elephant in Kasese district. The victim identified as Osbert Nuwamanya, a resident of Bigando village, Kitswamba sub county, becomes the fifth person to be killed by an elephant in a space of two years. Nuwamanya was attacked …
Read More »LYEC: First elephant monument unveiled in Gulu City
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A symbolic elephant monument was unveiled Friday in Gulu City in honour of the cultural significance of the creature to the Acholi people. The monument, installed with funding from Uganda Breweries was unveiled by the Chief Justice of Uganda, Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo and His …
Read More »Kasese: Two residents killed in separate elephant attacks
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two people have died in Kasese district in two separate elephant attacks. Stray elephants from Queen Elizabeth National Park killed one person in Karusandara sub-county, and another in Kyakitale A cell in Katwe, Kabatooro rown council, Kasese district. The acting Rwenzori East Regional Police Spokesperson, …
Read More »Saudi national trampled to death by elephant in Murchison Falls National Park
Nwoya, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Saudi Arabian National has been trampled to death by an elephant in Murchison Falls National Park in Nwoya district. The deceased whose identity wasn’t available by press time was killed on Tuesday morning. Bashir Hangi, the Uganda Wildlife Authority-UWA Communications Manager told URN that …
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