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Antelope on the Rwindi Plain

15 Oct 2008 Filed under (Other Animals) by Innocent Mburanumwe @ 10:58 pm

I was driving on the road through Rwindi the other day and had to stop because the road was blocked by a large herd of antelope. They were a species known as Ugandan Kob, which we now see more and more on the savannah plains of the central sector of the park just south from Lake Edward. (see map)

Antelope- Ugandan Kob

It was great to see the kob in their hundreds despite the heavy poaching the park has experienced in the last few years. Emmanuel also drove through Rwindi not long ago and says he saw an even bigger herd numbering in the thousands. It is nice have some good news for a change!

Uganda Kob

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5 Responses to “Antelope on the Rwindi Plain”

  1. samantha Samantha Says: 16 Oct 2008

    Finally some good news Innocent! Thank you! Just as a heads up everyone Rwindi is where all the military were evacuated from at the beginning of September. http://gorillacd.org/2008/09/03/over-1000-congolese-troops-leave-virunga-for-good/
    It used to be this amazing park station where anyone who was anyone would come and visit to see the herds of wildlife. Remember we posted that Mobutu also had a house there…

  2. jean-claude S (France) jean-claude S (France) Says: 16 Oct 2008

    That is pleasure of seeing such beautiful images. Thank you Innocent for this sending. This herd of Kob of Uganda is impressive. Provided that the poachers do not see them….

  3. irisk irisk Says: 16 Oct 2008

    Thanks, Innocent! How beautiful! Iris

  4. diddym Diddy Says: 18 Oct 2008

    Good photographs Innocent my friend.

  5. BETTY VENEZUELA BETTY VENEZUELA Says: 19 Dec 2008

    VERY happy about RUGENDO group.. tell all rangers tanks. tansk, and take care of them. they are HEROS

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