The Uganda Atlas
S p e c i a l f e a t u r e s
Conservation and Wildlife
Species
1960s 1982-1983 1995-1996 1999-2003 2004 - 2006 Status in Uganda
Uganda kob
70,000 40,000 60,000 25,000 30,000 2,000 26,000 13,000 25,000 18,000 15,000 6,000 12,000 19,000 10,000 8,000 10,000 5,500 4,500 1,500 1,800 1,400 700 300 2,000 200 400 150 300 20
30,000 18,000
44,000 17,800
34,461 30,308
Population decreasing Population increasing
Buffalo
Elephant
1,900 4,500 2,600 6,000 3,500 3,200 600
2,400 5,300 3,400 3,000 6,000 2,800 450
4,322 7,542 4,439 1,669 4,705 6,493 6,062
Population low, but slowly increasing
Hippopotamus
Population increasing slowly Population increasing slowly
Hartebeest
Topi
Population increasing
Impala
Population low, but beginning to increase
Waterbuck
Population increasing Population increasing
Burchell’s zebra
Eland
500 250 100
450 240
309 259
Population low, may still be decreasing
Rothschild’s giraffe 2,500 350
Population stable
Bright’s gazelle Roan antelope
50
0 0
Very rare, precarious Very rare, precarious Extinct in Uganda Extinct in Uganda.
15
7
Oryx
0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 8
Black rhino White rhino
2 at UWEC and 4 in the sanctuary (Ziwa Rhino ranch)
Derby’s eland
300
0
0
0 0
Extinct in Uganda
Wildlife Population trends in Uganda
UWA 2008
Uganda the Pearl 2007
Chimp at the Chimpanzee Sanctuary & Wildlife Conservation Trust (CSWCT), Ngamba Island, Mukono District.
Time to relax: the Hippopotamus in Murchison Falls National park
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