Sorrow In Uganda As Rafiki The Rare Silverback mountain Gorilla Loses Precious Life to Poacher
As Ugandans and many travelers in the world are still nursing the “wounds” inflicted by the Corona Pandemic, Uganda and the tourism community has today the 12 th june woken to the sad news about the death of gigantic and friendly Rafiki silverback that was murdered under cold blood in the hands of Byamukama Felix a reknown poacher in Uganda’s Bwindi impenetrable national Park . This is a big blow to conservation tourism, Uganda and the remaining mountain gorillas. Four local men of Nkuringo – mulore village, nteko Parish nyabwishenya subcountry Kisori District have been arrested in connection to the murder and face a fine of $5.4m or life sentence as per the last amended Uganda animal act. How did it Happen in this era of Lock down? While the boarder districts of Uganda are still under lockdown including Bwindi forest where the 25 years silverback Rafiki Mountain Gorilla was murdered. Investigations show that the Mountain gorilla was hurtfully speared in the l...