Topic: Uganda Wildlife Authority

Authorities in Nakaseke District are in fear after wild dogs and foxes invaded Kinoni, Kinyogoga and Ngoma sub-counties, killing at least 200 goats...

Wildlife groups condemn Ugandan golf course plan

Environment groups have condemned President Yoweri Museveni's order to allow an investor to build a golf course in Uganda's biggest national park, saying it would disturb wildlife and hit tourism.. Museveni earlier this month told the state-run Uganda Wildlife Authority ...

Uganda asks oil firms to move camps from game parks

KAMPALA (Reuters) - The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has asked firms exploring for oil to move their camps outside of game reserves to prevent poaching, it said Monday." he told Reuters.Uganda discovered significant deposits of petroleum around the Lake Albert basin on ...

Uganda under fire over legalised big game hunting

Outraged conservationists said on Wednesday that Uganda had neither enough game nor adequate control mechanisms to reintroduce sport hunting on animals such as elephant and buffalo. "I do not believe that Uganda has enough game animals to sustain sport hunting," Samuel Maina ...

Tweeting Ugandan gorillas make friends online

BWINDI IMPENETRABLE FOREST, Uganda (Reuters) - Lurking deep in the mist-glazed forests of east Africa, Uganda's mountain gorillas are preparing to 'tweet' for their survival.With the launch on Saturday of the " Friend a Gorilla" campaign, human fans will soon be able ...

Uganda to launch 'Friend a gorilla'

Uganda is poised to launch a scheme to allow gorilla lovers short of time or money to visit the endangered apes to become virtual friends with them on the net, officials said.Thanks to a system of cameras placed in this forest ...

Rare gorilla twins born in Uganda

Rare mountain gorilla twins have been born in Uganda's Bwindi Forest, home to around half the world's population of the endangered primates, a wildlife official said Wednesday.The twins were born to a gorilla called Kwintonda early last month, said ...
Forget the snows of Kilimanjaro - Africa is at risk of losing the central African glaciers that feed the Nile and supply water to two million people.. The Rwenzori, straddling the borders of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), are Africa ...

Congo, Rwanda and Uganda united to save mountain gorillas

Borders will matter less to central Africa's mountain gorillas, following the launch of a strategic conservation plan and an associated project which covers adjoining areas of Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.. The project is part of the 10-year ...

Gorilla project unites Uganda, Rwanda and Congo

Uganda, Rwanda and Congo launched a joint effort on Wednesday to protect endangered mountain gorillas that roam the three nations' jungle borders.. Fewer than 720 of the primates -- famous for the shimmering silver hair on the backs of males -- are believed to ...