Endangered Uganda’s Gorillas Impacted by Covid.
A Ugandan silverback gorilla called Rafiki is one of countless animals
that has fallen victim to poachers as the effects of coronavirus hit the east
African country.
At the start of June this year wildlife rangers noticed that Rafiki had
disappeared. After a search they found his body.
Rafiki had been killed by a poacher who claimed the animal charged at
him and the killing was an act of self-defence. The poacher was sentenced to 11
years in jail.
Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, a veterinarian and CEO of the NGO,
Conservation Through Public Health, is Uganda's leading expert on gorillas. She
knows every ape at the reserve. She believes Rafiki did not attack.
"We think that when this poacher came and found Rafiki, he may have
got scared, because he's never been that close to a g...