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This episode follows the Lake Albert Safaris anti-poaching team on patrol in Uganda's Kabwoya Wildlife Reserve. The reserve currently has nine anti-poaching staff, with plans to roughly double that number as game populations grow. Recruitment happens from within. Aston Sparks, a director of the company, relies
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Bruce Martin and Aston Sparks from Lake Albert Safaris explain how cellphones have changed anti-poaching work in Uganda's Kabwoya Wildlife Reserve, and not just for the rangers. Rangers photograph snares, log positions, and stay in touch across the remote wilderness areas. Poachers track ranger movements and shift
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The Ugandan Wildlife Authority (UWA) at Murchison Falls HQ has warehouses filled with snares and traps confiscated from poachers. These come in all shapes and forms, from wheel-traps (gin traps) to spiked wheels. As a means of destroying them, the steel traps and snares are used as reinforcement in
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Fred Kiiza, Chief Warden of Murchison Falls Conservation Area, Uganda's largest protected area, explains the poaching challenges his team faces and the role of the Joint Operations Command Centre (JOC) in combating wildlife crime. Wire snare poaching remains the primary threat, with Uganda Kob as the main target
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Boda bodas are motorbike taxis ubiquitous across East Africa, particularly dominant in Uganda. The term originated from drivers who shouted "border, border" at potential customers along the Uganda-Kenya border during political instability in the 1970s. Originally, bicycle-based smuggling operations at border crossings transitioned to motorcycles in
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In the northwestern waters of Lake Victoria, 84 islands tell a story of paradise vanishing. These are the Ssese Islands in Uganda, Africa, where 66,000 people reside at the intersection of economic development and environmental distress. The largest island, Bugala, stretches over 40 kilometers. For generations, the Baganda people
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Along the eastern shores of Lake Albert in western Uganda's Hoima District lies a wilderness area you've probably never heard of. The Kabwoya Wildlife Reserve stands as the only ecologically intact savannah along a 200-kilometer stretch of lakeshore. Established initially as a controlled hunting area