A new survey as part of the Great Elephant Census has confirmed that Uganda has a growing population of more than 5,000 elephants and is now a burgeoning hotspot in the ivory poaching crisis. “It is very encouraging to see elephant numbers increasing in Uganda as a result of effective protection in several parks. (This is in spite of) the rampant poaching and ivory trafficking across much of Africa,” claimed Paul Elkan, a Senior Conservationist with the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), which conducted the survey in conjunction with the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA). The surveys, taken by plane, gave estimates of 2,913 elephants in Queen Elizabeth National Park, 1,330 elephants in Murchison Falls National Park, and 656 elephants between the Kidepo Valley National Park and the Karenga Community Wildlife Management Area. - See more at: http://africageographic.com/blog/ugandas-elephant-population-on-the-rise/#sthash.M9EyHPGR.dpuf

a new survey as part of the Great Elephant Census has confirmed that Uganda has a growing population of more than 5,000 elephants and is now a burgeoning hotspot in the ivory poaching crisis.
“It is very encouraging to see elephant numbers increasing in Uganda as a result of effective protection in several parks. (This is in spite of) the rampant poaching and ivory trafficking across much of Africa,” claimed Paul Elkan, a Senior Conservationist with the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), which conducted the survey in conjunction with the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA).
The surveys, taken by plane, gave estimates of 2,913 elephants in Queen Elizabeth National Park, 1,330 elephants in Murchison Falls National Park, and 656 elephants between the Kidepo Valley National Park and the Karenga Community Wildlife Management Area.
- See more at: http://africageographic.com/blog/ugandas-elephant-population-on-the-rise/#sthash.M9EyHPGR.dpuf

In the 1980s Uganda’s elephants looked like they were on their way to extinction. The country had only 700 to 800 elephants left, and all of them were in a single park. Poachers had exterminated the rest. - See more at: http://africageographic.com/blog/ugandas-elephant-population-on-the-rise/#sthash.M9EyHPGR.dpuf

In the 1980s Uganda’s elephants looked like they were on their way to extinction. The country had only 700 to 800 elephants left, and all of them were in a single park. Poachers had exterminated the rest. - See more at: http://africageographic.com/blog/ugandas-elephant-population-on-the-rise/#sthash.M9EyHPGR.dpuf