Category: Wildlife
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It’s World Elephant Day: Interesting facts About Elephants
The African elephant is the largest existing land animal in the world, which makes them very easy to sight in the many animal reserves and national parks that they can be found. In Uganda, you will find several of these elephants in national parks such as Semuliki, Queen Elizabeth and Bwindi, while in Rwanda they…
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The Tree Climbing Lions of Ishasha
The Ishasha sector is situated Ishasha is located approximately 432 kilometres (268 mi), by road, southwest of Kampala, Uganda’s capital and largest city. Ishasha sector is known for hosting the tree climbing lions – the lions can be spotted hanging on branches of huge fig trees whereas the Uganda Kob (which are the major food…
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Saving Uganda’s Rothschild’s Giraffe
Uganda is home to the world’s last remaining stronghold of Rothschild’s giraffe, with over 800 of these beautiful animals residing in Murchison Falls National Park. Yet the overall population trend is in decline – less than 2,500 of them are left in the world, many of which are housed within zoos or captive breeding programmes. If…