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Saying Goodbye to Cabral
We regret to inform everyone of the unfortunate death of Cabral. We suspect he was killed by a cattle owner from Nyoktonzi and the Nyamugasani River area. This is one of the worst areas of the park...
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Changing of the Guard
We suspect that the young coalition of Sankara and Brothers have now fully taken over the territory of the old coalition of Papa, Rudi, and Omukama. We snapped a nice photo of the three of them, who...
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Back Home!
The old coalition of Omukama, Papa, and Rudi were sighted in the Ishasha area! This is where they were born and where they lived before venturing to the northern sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park...
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Treating Lin the Lioness
Lin is the young adult daughter of Lena. In September, our friend Philip, owner of Kasenyi Safari Camp, alerted us to a lioness in very poor condition. We investigated and observed she had been...
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Taking Local Students to See Uganda's Wildlife!
On October 15th, we took a group of 36 students and three teachers from Hamukungu village primary and secondary schools into Queen Elizabeth National Park for a game drive. Close to 90 percent of these...
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Celebrating Uganda's First Lion Day!
On December 14th, we celebrated local culture and the African Lion at Uganda’s first ever Lion Day. It was a festive afternoon filled with fun activities, spectacular performances, and learning...
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UCP featured in National Geographic
Here's a follow-up feature to NatGeo's 2015 Q&A, Saving Uganda's Lions Through Community Participation. Written by African wildlife conservation journalist and newest member to the UCP team,...
View ArticleNew Video Footage of Lena's Pride
Here's some great video footage of Lena, Bridget and their offspring feeding on the remains of a waterbuck, courtesy of Kasenyi Safari Camp. We love to see other peoples’ photos of the lions we are...
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Lioness, Juma, poached
We are sad to tell you that lioness Juma is dead after becoming a victim of poaching for traditional local medicine. We had been consistently getting her radio collar’s signal from near the shores of...
View ArticleHyena Footage in Kasenyi
This is an excellent video, taken by Kasenyi Safari Camp in our core research area, showing spotted hyena behavior not everyone gets the chance to see: a hyena just after it hunted a kob. The common...
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