(23 Sep 2025)
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Nakasongola, Uganda – 22nd September 2025
1. Various of drone images of southern white rhinos at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary +MUTE+
2. Various of southern white rhinos at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. James Musinguzi, Executive Director, Uganda Wildlife Authority
“Rhinos got (became) extinct in Uganda by 1983 and through government efforts individuals were approached, six of them approached here at Ziwa Rhino sanctuary, and they have multiplied to 48, and now we have an effort to take them back into the wild, after a doing a feasibility study and analysing a suitable habitat. And so today is a significant day to us because in addition to recognising that the rhino has been rejuvenated in Uganda, we are also able to take them back into the wild places.”
4. Wide of tourists viewing southern white rhinos at the sanctuary
5. Various of southern white rhinos resting under a tree
6. Various of rhino naming ceremony
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Juliana Kagwa, CEO Uganda Tourism Board
“When you name something, when you name someone, you create a special or a personal bond with them. There now becomes a need or an accountability for you to look after, protect and nurture this rhino or these animals. So the naming ceremony in itself is ‘yes a celebration of a milestone’, but it is also a promise or commitment to the future of these animals to the future of the product that we know as Uganda. It is a commitment from whoever is naming from the Uganda tourism board from the government of Uganda to protect and nurture these animals that we boast so proudly of.”
8. Drone image of people viewing southern white rhinos at the sanctuary +MUTE+
9. Wide of people walking
10. Close up of a rhino feeding at the sanctuary
11. Mid of rhinos at the sanctuary
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Joseph Masembe, Regional Director, Climate Change Advocacy East Africa
“The rhinos that have been named today will continue to act as a symbol of our attachment to the conservation of wildlife specifically the rhinos. As you can see the rhino population here has grown, 48 rhinos today, and because of the space and the ability of these rhinos to thrive, 20 of them are going to move away to Ajai (wildlife reserve) to give space to the rest of those to grow and blossom. because the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary is like a breeding ground.”
12. Various of rhino naming, James Byamukama on stage
13. SOUNDBITE (English) James Byamukama, Executive Director Jane Goodall Institute Uganda
“Wildlife is part of the Jane legacy because she was the first to name wildlife in Gombe (Tanzania) in 1960, so the naming of the rhino comes as part of the successful story of conservation that you heard as Jane Goodall Institute, therefore we are here to celebrate with the government of Uganda, with UWA the success of associating with wildlife conservation the people and the environment we share.”
14. Drone of Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary +MUTE+
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Uganda is celebrating success in rhino conservation with the first-ever naming ceremony in the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary
Once extinct in Uganda, southern white rhinos have thrived in the reserve which is now home to a population of almost fifty.
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The Uganda Wildlife Authority is celebrating a conservation success story with its first ever rhino naming event at the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary in the central district of Nakasongola.
17 southern white rhino calves, born between 2021 and 2024 were ‘adopted’ and named by various corporations and individuals.
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