Elephants, Lions Snared Every Week
New Vision
Gerald Tenywa
9 September 2009
Kampala,Uganda

EACH week, the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has to rescue an elephant or lion from a wire snare.The snares, set up by poachers, are fixed on fences or trees to trap the animals.

According to Sam Mwandha, UWA’s director of conservation, poaching is common in Queen Elizabeth and Murchison Falls national parks. “We have been called every week to remove snares from animals in the two parks” Read more