Source: ABC RN / By Nick Baker and Jessie Kay for Saturday Extra | August 8th, 2023 When Idi Amin launched a coup and took power of Uganda in 1971, Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka's father was among the first victims of the brutal dictatorship that followed. "[My father] was a...
Guest: Author and Uganda’s first Wildlife veterinarian Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka joins John to discuss her book ‘Walking with Gorillas’. Published : 7th August 2023 Source : Cape Talk...
Growing up under the reign of military dictator Idi Amin, Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka had to create the position of wildlife veterinarian for herself. One of her greatest achievements has been finding the connection between the health of the villages on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable National...
Gorillas remain the single most important item on Uganda's tourism menu according to the Uganda Tourism Board. ...
Under the watchful and resourceful eye of award-winning conservationist Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Uganda’s threatened mountain gorilla population has made an impressive recovery – as has the local community...
“We share over 98% genetic material with gorillas so we can easily make each other sick. we have to be so careful that they don’t pick up human diseases because they may find it harder to fight them.” ...
