Apes can get COVID-19, too, and this could be devastating for endangered populations. Only about 1,000 mountain gorillas remain, and roughly half live in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda. Veterinarian Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka spoke with The World's Marco Werman about this new risk....
Buhoma's Main Street resembles an abandoned old Western movie set. A block of false-front looking buildings, constructed from a hodgepodge of concrete, brick and metal, line the Ugandan village's block-long dirt thoroughfare that leads to Bwindi Impenetrable National Forest, home to half of the world's...
As the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic continues, our team is in Bwindi, sensitizing community volunteers, Gorilla Guardians on how to prevent transmission of COVID-19 between people and from people to gorillas at Bwindi and Mgahinga Conservation Area. ...
With flights grounded, parks closed and countries on lockdown, COVID-19 has dealt a major blow to great ape-focused ecotourism operations in Africa and Asia....
As the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic continues, this week our team led by our Founder and Chief Executive Officer Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka set out to Bwindi and Mgahinga Conservation Area to train park staff on how to manage and prevent COVID-19 spread amongst people...
At the beginning of December 2019, a new coronavirus was identified in Wuhan, China. The World Health Organization (WHO) named the disease, COVID-19, which references the type of virus and the year it emerged. In March 2020, the WHO declared the virus a pandemic as...
