10,000 Birds

JANUARY 14, 2021

The best season for the north-west circuit is February to May, during the rains when most birds breed. The best timing is during the rains, April-May and October-November, when birds breed. The furry kind is represented with 95 species – more than in any other Ugandan park, 10 primates among them, including the Chimpanzee.

Africa 193

Africa Kenya Uganda Tanzania 193

Critter News

DECEMBER 12, 2009

They were a part of the zoo’s breeding program for the rare birds. In November 2008, a virus killed a 15-month-old Asian elephant calf named Malti. She had been showing symptoms of the potentially lethal elephant herpesvirus, which leads to internal bleeding and heart failure.

Zoos 100

Zoos Animal Welfare Welfare Elephants 100

4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

We’ll see ambitious programs to save diverse species from the outback of Australia, the savannahs of East Africa, the Brazilian Amazon and some of the most successful zoo breeding programs in the world. A new captive breeding program may be the cats’ last hope. And Kenya boasts a unique orphanage … for elephants!

Pandas 100

Pandas Leopards Gorillas Zoos 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2022

The active colonies of wasps are efficient protection against primates and large avian predators. The Natal Spurfowl forages on rhinoceros and elephant dung (HBW) and does so without complaining. To add a bit of scandal to the story some of the more experienced brood helpers do sometimes unsuspectingly mate with the breeding female.

Ostriches 147

Ostriches Parrots Birds Eggs 147

10,000 Birds

JULY 28, 2022

Logging roads have opened up vast areas to commercial hunting, leading to industrial-scale poaching and a more than 60 per cent drop in the region’s Forest Elephant population in less than a decade. Mammals include Western Lowland Gorilla, Forest Elephant and Forest Buffalo, and eleven diurnal primates.

Central African Republic 282

Central African Republic Congo Gabon Gorillas 282