Nwoya, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Furious women in Lii sub county, Nwoya district stripped before the State Minister for Tourism, Wildlife, and Antiquities, Martin Magara Bahinduka on Wednesday in protest against the rampant invasion of elephants. The minister was in the district to interact with the communities of Got-Apwoyo, Purongo, …
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Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Kenya on Saturday announced that it has raised 16.5 million shillings (149,000 U.S. dollars) toward the conservation of elephants against the target of 900,000 dollars within the current financial year that ends in June 2022. Najib Balala, cabinet secretary of the Ministry of Tourism and …
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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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Nwoya, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Elephants have trampled to death a 40-year old man in Nwoya district. The deceased has been identified as Celestino Odongo, a resident of Kole district. The incident happened on Sunday evening from Koch Lii sub county, three kilometers inside the Murchison Falls National Park in …
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Windhoek, Namibia | Xinhua | Namibia has sold 57 wild elephants through auction, an official said on Wednesday. The sale will raise 5.9 million Namibian dollars (400,000 U.S. dollars), Environment Ministry spokesman Romeo Muyunda said. The elephants sold were among 170 put on tender in December 2020. “A total of 15 …
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Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several families in Kasese district are at risk of starvation following the destruction of their crops by elephants from Queen Elizabeth National Park. The elephants have destroyed hundreds of their crop gardens leaving them with no hope of harvesting food. Immaculate Masika says she had …
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Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Maize growers in Kawalakol, Kapedo and Sangar Sub Counties in Karenga district are counting loses after herd of buffalos and another of elephants raided their gardens, destroying an estimated 180 acres of the crop in the past few days. The wildlife from the Kidepo …
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Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Herds of elephants have strayed from Kidepo Valley National park into community farmlands in Orom sub-county, Kitgum district. The elephants reportedly invaded three parishes of Gule, Lungayura and Lolwa in early June according to reports from local authorities. Orom sub-county chairperson Johnson Todera Acellam says …
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Conservationist body lists them as critically endangered Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Conservationists across Africa have welcomed a recent decision to upgrade the African savanna elephant and forest elephant as “endangered” and “critically endangered” species. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), which is the global authority …
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