Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) will effective next month, fit Global Positioning System-GPS radio collars to track the movement of elephants within the Kidepo Valley National Park conservation landscape. The sophisticated collar technology is a lightweight belt that contains advanced GPS satellite tracking devices fixed on …
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Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) personnel have joined Uganda Wildlife Authority-UWA rangers in Orom sub county, Kitgum district to ward off stray elephants. Since June this year, over 100 elephants believed to have escaped from Kidepo Valley National Park have been marauding in Gule, Lolwa and …
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Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Farmers in Orom sub county, Kitgum district, neighboring Kidepo Valley National Park have been advised to grow alternative crops that are less attractive to elephants to mitigate their invasion into farmlands. This follows the persistent invasion of elephants from the conservation area into community farmlands. …
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