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Hyenas!
The park’s hyena population has declined significantly the last several years to due human-wildlife conflict. Therefore, it is always exciting when hyenas are seen. James recently observed these two...
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Lioness Fiona
We are sorry to report that Lioness Fiona and her cubs were found dead together near the end of last year, and the entire pride has now disappeared. Fiona was approximately 15 years old at the time...
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Celebrating International Women’s Day
We celebrated International Women’s Day with a group of Kisongora women we are working with in the foothills of the Rwenzori Mountains, just north of Queen Elizabeth National Park. Since this...
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More hyenas!
A couple of weeks ago during a late night monitoring drive, we encountered a clan of eight spotted hyenas. This was a very exciting encounter, since the park’s hyena population has suffered a severe...
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Camera trap images
We placed two camera traps at a hyena den in early March and have been receiving incredible images from them. The cameras allow us to collect information we would otherwise not be able to obtain from...
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Lion Karli's radio collar removal
We recently removed the radio collar from young male lion Karli, who has moved too far for us to monitor regularly. Karli initially lived in the area between the Main Kabatoro park gate, Katunguru...
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Human-lion coexistence challenges in Hamukungu
It has been a challenging few months in terms of managing human-lion coexistence near the village of Hamukungu. The core territory of Anna, a 17 year-old lioness, her two adult daughters, and their 6...
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Wildlife Conservation Expo on October 11th
If you will be in the San Francisco area on Saturday, October 11, please be sure to attend the Wildlife Conservation Expo. It is a day full of inspiring talks by conservationists working with local...
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Citizen Science in Hamukungu
We had discussions with Hamukungu Secondary School teachers and students yesterday proposing their participation in “eBird”, a global citizen science program sponsored by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology...
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Community Monitoring Project
After several weeks of discussions and planning sessions with village leaders and community members, we have kicked off a pilot phase of a community monitoring project in the park enclave village of...
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Happy World Lion Day!
As we take a moment to reflect on lion conservation since last year’s World Lion Day, we are grateful to be able to share the news that none of the lions we actively monitor, nor any of their pride...
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Thanks to fellow conservationist Michael Schwartz for taking the time to interview us for a blog posting on National Geographic's Cat Watch blog. To learn more details about what we do, please be...
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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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