Are you planning to undertake a budget chimpanzee tracking safari to Uganda? This is an opportunity to participate in this activity and save more money for other expenses. Take advantage of this opportunity and achieve your dream of meeting man’s closest relatives. Chimpanzee tracking permits for normal seasons are $150 per person for Foreign Non-Residents,
UWA Wins a Landmark Case Against Former Occupants of Kibale Park
Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has won a Constitutional Petition in the case of Tukamuhebwa George and 2720 others in the Court of Appeal sitting as a Constitutional court. The petitioners were residents of Mpokya sub-county in Kabarole District(now Kamwenge) who sued UWA and Attorney General (AG) for allegedly illegally and unlawfully evicting them from their
Royals & Diplomats Track Chimpanzees in Kibale
Chimpanzee Tracking and Bird watching in Kibale National Park also fondly known as the World’s Primate Capital was the major highlight of the Tourism week climaxing in World Tourism Day in Fort Portal, Western Uganda on September 27, 2013. Uganda’s minister of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities (MTWA) Dr. Maria Mutagamba was the chief guide for
Primates: The Fearless Science of Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Biruté Galdikas
Primates: The Fearless Science of Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Biruté Galdikas
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Jim Ottaviani returns with an action-packed account of the three greatest primatologists of the last century: Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Biruté Galdikas. These three ground-breaking researchers were all students of the great Louis Leakey, and each made profound contributions to primatology—and to our own understanding of ourselves. Tackling Goodall, Fossey, and Galdikas in turn,
My Conversations with Chimpanzees
For 30 years Roger Fouts has pioneered communication with chimpanzees through sign language–beginning with a mischievous baby chimp named Washoe. This remarkable book describes Fout’s odyssey from novice researcher to celebrity scientist to impassioned crusader for the rights of animals. Living and conversing with these sensitive creatures has given him a profound appreciation of what
Contagious (hooooh, hummmm) Yawning
Although scientists have yet to determine the exact function of the yawn in humans, some research suggests that yawning was used in our evolutionary past as a communication signal of some sort. Perhaps it was a means of showing off ones large teeth in a threat display or simply a way to signal to everyone
UWA Set to Launch Second Chimpanzee Tourism Family
UWA has good news for chimpanzee tracking enthusiasts. A second chimpanzee community is being habituated in Kibale National Park in western Uganda, and this will be used exclusively for tourism purposes. The community being habituated is called the Bulaiga Chimpanzee Community, and it will help address the problem of inadequate availability of chimp tracking permits,
Chimpanzee Sanctuary Workshop in Uganda
In May 2000 Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) hosted the first meeting specifically intended to allow representatives from primate sanctuaries in Africa, their sponsors and the conservation organizations working with them, to unite their diverse skills and outline the priorities for the future. The event was prompted by the crisis in sanctuaries faced with an alarming