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Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni’s government officials in Lira city have banned female market traders from seating at the front seats of tractors in a bid t ....
The Ziwa Rhino and Wildlife Ranch in Nakasongola, Uganda, opened in 2005 with 4 southern white rhinos. Now, it has more than 30.
The ranch is hoping that it can begin to release the rhinos into national parks and rebuild the population, which was decimated by poaching. It’s estimated that more than 700 northern white rhinos (of which only 2 remain in the world) and eastern black rhinos once roamed Uganda before being completely eradicated in the country around 1983. To ensure this doesn’t happen at Ziwa, the rhinos are reportedly watched by guards 24/7.
Ranger and guide Patrick Opio told Reuters, ‘You should, first of all, develop the love for these rhinos, and then you can manage monitoring them well. Why? Because we do monitor these rhinos 24/7. If the rhino is resting, you will be resting, if the rhino is moving, you will have to move with it. So, even if it's raining, you have to be there with a rhino, so, it is not something that is very easy, that in ....