Tag Archives: Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary

Nakasongola, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Wildlife Authority-UWA has reopened Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary in Nakasongola district. UWA closed Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary which sits on over 16,000 acres of land, and home to 33 endangered White Rhinos in mid-April this year with a message that no tourism activity would be …

Nakasongola , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Wildlife Authority-UWA is in talks with Ziwa Rhino and Wildlife Ranch on the fate and future of the rhinos at the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary in Nakasongola district. This follows the withdrawal of a case last week filed by the Rhino Fund Uganda, which …

Nakasongola, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda Wildlife Authority-UWA has rejected requests by pastoralists in Nakasongola district to graze their animals inside Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary. More than 100 pastoralists from Nakitoma Sub County have been grazing over 3000 head of cattle inside Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary with permission from Ziwa Rhino and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Wildlife Authority needs over USD 13 million to relocate rhinos from Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary to the National Park. The authority recently said that the 33 endangered white rhinos at the sanctuary will be introduced to protected areas after completion of a feasibility study to …

Nakasongora, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  High Court in Kampala has dismissed an application to stay the eviction of Rhino Fund Uganda from Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary in Nakasongora district. The Civil Division Registrar Jamson Karemani dismissed the application on Monday on grounds that it lacks merit and that it had been …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court has fixed April 26, 2021, to give it’s decision on an application seeking to stay the eviction of Rhino Fund Uganda that has been operating at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary in Nakasongora district. The date has been fixed by the Civil Division Registrar Jameson …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The owners of the land on which Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary is located have asked court to dismiss an application seeking to stay the eviction of the organization that has been operating on the facility. Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary, a home to 33 white endangered rhinos located in …

Nakasongola, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  The closure of Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary has left pastoralists and other business operators in a dilemma.  Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary, a home to 33 white endangered rhinos in Nakitoma sub-county, Nakasongola District is currently out of bounds to tourists and the public following a directive by …

Nakasongola, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Wildlife Authority-UWA has closed Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary in Nakasongola district with immediate effect following a recent attack. The decision comes amidst bickering between Ziwa Rhino and Wildlife Ranches (ZRWR), which owns the land hosting the sanctuary, and Rhino Fund Uganda (RFU), a non-governmental organization that …

Nakasongola, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nakasongola police are holding 28 people in connection to the reported vandalism at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary following the escalation of the land dispute. Isah Ssemwogerere, the Savannah Region Police Spokesperson says suspects pretended to be tourists to gain access to Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary where they broke …