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Episode: Uganda celebrates rhino conservation success
Description: The Uganda Wildlife Authority is celebrating success in rhino conservation with the first-ever naming ceremony in the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary. Once extinct in Uganda, southern white rhinos have thrived in the reserve, which is now home to a population of almost fifty.
17 southern white rhino calves, born between 2021 and 2024, were 'adopted' and named by various corporations and individuals. The event aimed to raise over 11 million U.S. dollars for rhino conservation.
Rhinos were hunted to extinction in Uganda, but the species was reintroduced in 1996 and the country is now home to almost 50, says James Musinguzi, executive director of the Uganda...