Crested Crane poisoning 5, 6 and 8 Tayebwa collecting the dead Crested cranes from Nabyewanga wetland rice plantations in Lwengo district where they were poisoned.

With its distinctive golden crown, red throat pouch and slender black legs, the crested crane is beloved in Uganda - featuring on our flag and coat of arms. With its numbers dwindling at an ...

A recent survey in Lwengo by the International Crane Foundation (ICF) revealed that there are 1,359 grey-crested cranes in the district and with eleven killed the number now reduces to 1,348.

With its distinctive golden crown, red throat pouch and slender black legs, the crested crane is beloved in Uganda - featuring on the East African nation's flag and coat of arms. All the country's ...

A glimmer of hope emerged on World Tourism Day 2025 when Tourism and Wildlife Cabinet Secretary Rebecca Miano launched the National Single Species Plan for the Grey Crested Crane (2024-2035).

In a tragic incident that has sparked outrage among wildlife conservationists, eleven grey-crested cranes, the national symbol of Uganda, have been found dead in Lwengo District.

The red-crested crane is an endangered species with the highest category of protection in China. There are only 1,000 such birds in the world living in Japan, Russia, and the Republic of Korea.

With its distinctive golden crown, red throat pouch and slender black legs, the crested crane is beloved in Uganda - featuring on our flag and coat of arms. With its numbers dwindling at an ...

With its distinctive golden crown, red throat pouch and slender black legs, the crested crane is beloved in Uganda – featuring on the East African nation’s flag and coat of arms. All the country’s ...

Despite their presence in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique, South Africa, and Zimbabwe, grey crested crane numbers are plummeting. Uganda’s population has dwindled from ...