Uganda has increased the QUANTITY of mountain gorilla permits available each day in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, whilst the PRICE stays the same! Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has been inundated with permit requests as a result of significantly increased tourism to Uganda during 2018, so the completion of the habituation of the Katwe group (in Buhoma) and the Christmas group (in Nkuringo) couldn’t have come at a better time. Tourists are…
UWA together with Giraffe Conservation Foundation is translocating about 15 giraffes captured in Murchison Falls and released at Kidepo Valley National Park. This will be the second giraffe translocation to this park to boost the giraffe numbers and offer species diversity. Wildlife translocation is one of the mechanisms that UWA uses to conserve wildlife. The approach is vital in enhancing ecosystems with sparse populations, and depopulating areas of high densities…
Congratulations for Uganda gets another New born Male rhino which brings the number to 23 at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary. In the wee hours of Tuesday morning 19th November 2018, first time Mum Uhuru gave birth to a male Rhino and they are both doing well. Rhino Fund Uganda’s missions is to apply sound conservation principles whereby a safe environment is created in which rhinos can be conserved for future generations….
Dr. Jane Goodall, a British primatologist and anthropologist, considered to be the world’s foremost expert on chimpanzees, took off time from her schedule last week, and visited Uganda Wildlife Education Conservation Centre (Entebbe zoo), to appreciate the rate at which the zoo has grown into a wildlife sanctuary for the orphanaged wildlife. She also named Zakayo II, who is going to be a successor and heir to the Kazayo throne….
Sad news for East Africa as the world’s last male northern white rhino, Sudan, died after “age-related complications,” at age 45 at Ol Pejeta Conservancy. Sudan had been part of an ambitious effort to save the subspecies of Northern White Rhinos from extinction and he leaves behind the last two surviving females of northern white rhinos in the world. Northern white rhinos once roamed parts of Chad, Sudan, Uganda, Congo…
On 16th March 2018, Uganda Wildlife Education Center (UWEC) welcomed a 3-year-old female cheetah through the conservation animal exchange program with Mystic and Feathers facility, South Africa. The female cheetah is an action to avert possible inbreeding between Pian and Upe, (3.5 years) individuals, that were rescued from Pian Upe Wildlife Reserve, Karamoja Sub region). If UWEC can successfully breed them in captivity, this will be a unique opportunity to…
Uganda Honored as 5th Best Exhibitor at ITB Berlin 2018 in the Africa Category. ITB is the world’s largest travel expo attracting at least 10.000 businesses and over 160.000 visitors
On 12th March 2018, a group from International Gorilla Conservation Program entered Bwindi Impenetrable forest to start the census of the Mountain Gorillas in the forest. This follows a gorilla baby boom witnessed in Uganda in 2017. With just an estimated 880 Gorillas left in the wild in recent research findings. It seems that there is hope for these gentle giants surviving after all.
Uganda through partnership between the Embassy of Ireland and Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities and its parastatals; Uganda Tourism Board and Uganda Wildlife Authority. A week long Greening the Uganda Equator started 13th March until 18th March 2018. Uganda ‘s equator going green follows other major Landmarks all over the work that go green for this day such as the Great Wall of China, Eiffel Tower and Newry Cathedral…
The Uganda Wildlife Marathon 2018 Edition is on again. Come join the cause on 25th of February 2018 starting at Uganda Museum as we run to save big cats such as Lions, Cheetahs and Leopards of Uganda. Don’t be left behind.