White Rhino Born In Uganda- Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary
Late last month- another baby white rhino was born in Uganda at the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary, Ziwa Rhino sanctuary which is a very famous stop over for tourists and travelers driving from Kampala to Murchison is the main habour for the endangered White Rhinos in Uganda and it was established in 1997 the Rhino Fund whose main aim was to promote the reintroduction of rhinos to protected areas they had got within Uganda and to also make sure that these Rhinos can survive with the help of their breeding programs and support from Uganda Wildlife Authority
Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary welcomed another female white rhino just months after another birth which occurred on July 2nd 2011 and amidst the poaching going on all over the world, Uganda has been able to maintain zero poaching and a steady birth rate which is really good for the development and growth of the tourism industry.
Poaching is still a problem for countries with large populations of rhinos and this is mainly because the Rhino horn has a huge price on the global economic market, Rhinos have been poached mainly for their horn s which are believed to possess medicinal substances hence high demand. South Africa last year lost over 400 rhinos to poaching which was really terrifying but the good news in Uganda is that there is no poaching and the birth rate in the Sanctuary is very steady and lets hope it continues to improve for a better future for the White Rhino..
The Rhino fund has plans to increase the population of the Rhinos and then reintroduce them in other national parks but curently still maintain a herd of around 20 Rhinos to avoid any major extinction disaster
Brian Muhoozi