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Item Mountaineering could be boosted as Uganda's big Tourism earner(Saturday Monitor, 2018-02-03) Ntalo, EricUganda is blessed with unique mountainous features among them, the Rwenzori Mountains. With the tight Marketing strategy these could be the country's next big tourism product.Item A peek at Uganda's invaluable scavenger(Daily Monitor, 2018-03-04) Batte, R EdgarThey walk majestically, taking moment to lower their beaks to scoop some insect out of the stony ground. they then slowly head to a garbage heap and settle there for some time, feeding and probably gossiping about the folly of people who dispose of more paper than edible stuff.Item Guardians of the wild: How rangers die in the line of duty(New Vision, 2026-02-17) Luwemba, JuliusWhile rangers stand to protect wildlife resources, property and human life in the protected areas, their safety is somewhat endangered. From wildlife attacks from buffaloes and elephants. Some have lost their lives. Julius Luwemba reveals more on this.Item The costly and potentially lethal exercise of translocating wildlife(Daily Monitor, 2018-02-10) Mugisha, MatthiasThe process of moving wildlife from one conservation area to another is a complicated affair which requires expertise and expensive drugs of chemical capture.Item Leopard eats UWA staff child(Daily Monitor, 2018-05-07) Tajuba, PaulOne of the daily duties of wildlife handlers is to protect animals from poachers. However, a leopard at Queen Elizabeth National Park in Kasese district did not reciprocate the favour and instead devoured a three and a half year old Elisha Nabugyere, a son of Ms. Doreen Ayera, a Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) staffer.Item Animal-human feud: UWA needs to formulate compesation policy(Daily Monitor, 2018-05-07) Nono, FrancisThere is need to encourage and support sensitisation if communities around the parks on the benefits of them. UWA should be facilitated with effective transport means and it must have a desk that handles peoples' complaints. UWA and rangers should be trained on human rights issues in handling poachers/ community members around the park.Item Life and times of Uganda's oldest chimpanzee in captivity(Daily Monitor, 2018-05-05) Ntalumbwa, EricZakayo was Uganda's oldest chimpanzee in captivity. He died from stomach complications on April 26, 2018. His life brought more focus to conservation of wildlife.