KAMPALA – The Ugandan government Wednesday suspended primate tourism and research for at least 30 days, adding the country’s highest forex earner on the list of specimens in the deadly coronavirus pandemic. In a statement, released Wednesday, Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA), the agency that oversees tourism activities in the east African ... Read More...
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Police in northern Uganda are holding four people including two pastors over illegal possession and sale of elephant tusks. The spokesperson of the Natural Recourses Conservation Network (NRCN), Ms Sharon Akello has told Wild Kanda that the suspects were arrested after undercover wildlife crime busters infiltrated the ivory rackets in this ... Read More...
Deputy Chief Justice Alphonse Owiny-Dollo has warned that the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) will not approve funding and implementation of climate change projects in Uganda unless they meet the priorities of the National Adaptation Programs of Action (NAPAs). The projects would have to first be vetted and passed by the Ministry ... Read More...
Police in eastern Texas, USA surrounded a house early Thursday after the homeowner called 911 reporting a burglary in progress. The homeowner called Lufkin police after she heard glass breaking. The woman hid in a closet and realized she had left her weapon in the kitchen. Police arrived in just minutes and heard rustling in the house, ... Read More...
International Police, commonly known as INTERPOL,is calling for the public’s help in locating seven international fugitives wanted for alleged environmental crimes. The appeal, which coincided with the World Environment Day (June 5), is a stark reminder of how organised crime continually seeks to profit from the environment and its natural resources. The seven individuals are the subject of ... Read More...
James Acidri, a resident of Arua town, is a bitter man. Mr Acidri does not like what he sees every time he is travelling between his hometown and the capital Kampala. He is disturbed by the bare patches he sees in place of the lush greenery that used to cover the West Nile area. “I feel ... Read More...
Residents of Bududa District were on Tuesday June 6, 2019 thrown into pandemonium as fresh landslides hit their area washing away villages and leaving five people dead, 17 injured and more than 400 homeless. The latest Bududa landslip brought the number of deadly mudslides to have hit the Eastern Uganda town to five in ... Read More...
To celebrate the upcoming release of Disney’s groundbreaking new film The Lion King, The Walt Disney Company has announced a global conservation campaign to raise awareness of the crisis facing lions and other wildlife across Africa. The Lion King “Protect the Pride” campaign focuses on protecting and revitalizing the lion population, ... Read More...
BY RAFSANJAN ABBEY TATYA Dr Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, a pioneering female wildlife vet in Uganda, has been nominated for the 2019 Tusk Award for Conservation in Africa. The award, administered by the Tusk Trust in the UKand patronised by the Duke of Cambridge Prince Williams, seeks to support wildlife and habitat protection. Dr Kalema-Zikusoka will have to get past fellow nominees Jeneria Lekilelei from Kenya and Tomas Diagne of ... Read More...
Botswana’s Parliament has adopted a controversial motion asking the Government to lift the ban on elephant hunting, citing growing conflict between humans and the animals. The Southern Africa country’s legislators, most of them eyeing re-election in the October 2019 General Elections, say that elephants are affecting small scale farmers. The decision has ... Read More...