Cobb

Queen Elizabeth National Park

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May 24th 2015
What a great weekend! On Friday we headed up to Queen Elizabeth National Park to visit the wildlife vet, Dr. Siefert. He wants to get the goat project started in the park, to decrease the number of lion poisonings and poaching. Due to dwindling numbers of their main prey animal food source, the Cobb, lions and leopards have been going into communities within the park and killing livestock. Since t ... read more

Africa » Uganda » Western Region » Queen Elizabeth NP

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Uganda achieved independence from the UK in 1962. The dictatorial regime of Idi AMIN (1971-79) was responsible for the deaths of some 300,000 opponents; guerrilla war and human rights abuses under Milton OBOTE (1980-85) claimed at least another 100,0... ... read more