By Gilbert Nakweya NAIROBI ― Poisoning, poaching and loss of habitat have significantly reduced populations of lion prides in ...

Lion populations in six protected areas across Uganda have declined markedly over the past decade, a recent survey shows. The researchers attribute this decline, in some cases of nearly 50% ...

In Uganda’s Queen Elizabeth National Park, a three-legged icon prowls in silence. Once a sprightly young feline, this lion’s gait now tells a story of survival etched in every limp.

In 1898, two lions that came to be known as the Tsavo man-eaters relentlessly hunted workers of the ... [+] Kenya-Uganda railway in the dead of night before eventually being taken down.

And human-wildlife conflict is to blame. In 2014, there were 493 lions in Uganda, according to its ministry of tourism and wildlife. In March 2024, the ministry said that there were at that point ...

“This is the largest wildlife census ever undertaken in Uganda,” Braczkowski said. “It’s also the most comprehensive assessment of lions, leopards, and hyenas ever done in the country.