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It was 1999, exact date unknown. A group of farmers from Kageyo village in eastern Rwanda were tiptoeing through Akagera National Park   on Tanzania’s border, returning to the carcass of a cow they had laced with poison the previous night. Lions have been on top of the must see list for many tourists visiting Rwanda and their reintroduction is a milestone for the country’s tourism sector As the contaminated corpse came into sight, the farmers noticed that their bait had been taken four lions lay dead in the dusty earth beside their final, fatal meal. Mission accomplished. Or not. “Next to the dead lions were the footprints of another lion, which had walked away,” recalled Kalisa Emmanuel, one of the farmers. “It hadn’t eaten the poison.” A pursuit ensued and the men soon located the lion. “It attacked us and one of us went down,” Emmanuel said. “The lion tried to kill him. It crushed his arm.” In the panic, Emmanuel scurried up a tree while another farmer speared ...

Akagera National Park   covers 1,200 km² is located in the north east of Rwanda along the border with Tanzania. It was founded in 1934 to protect animals and vegetation in three E co - regions :   savannah ,   mountain and   swamp .  The Akagera National Park is located in Northern East of Rwanda Akagera national park is one of Africa’s oldest national parks, the park is named for the   Kagera River   that flows along its Eastern boundary and feeds into labyrinths of lakes of which the largest is Lake Ihema. The complex system of lakes and linking papyrus swamps makes up over 1/3 of the park and is the largest protected wetland in central Africa. The rolling hills of Acacia and Brachystegia Woodland coupled with scattered grassland and swamps-fronged lakes along the meandering Akagera watercourse combine to create a park of breathtaking scenic beauty landscape in Africa. For a fairly small national park, an Akagera safari can be extr...

Chameleons   or   chamaeleons   ( family   Chamaeleonidae ) are a distinctive and highly specialized   clade   of   lizards . Many species of Chameleons have the ability to change colors.  Meru Three-horned Male Chameleon most limited at Mount Meru, photo from field guide of Amphibians and reptiles of Arusha National Park (Tanzania), copyright 2002 TANAPA Chameleons are distinguished by their   zygodactylous   feet; their separately mobile,   stereoscopic   eyes; their very long, highly modified, rapidly extrudable tongues; their swaying gait; and crests or horns on their distinctively shaped heads. Many species also have a   prehensile   tail.  Well adapted for climbing and visual hunting, they are found in warm habitats that vary from rain forest   to   desert   conditions in Africa,   Madagascar , and southern Europe, and across south Asia as far as   Sri Lanka . They hav...

There is no happy Love on social networks according to Stromae To the tune of Habanera from Bizet, Stromae launched a warning face our consumption of social networks. it is the little blue bird Twitter that is the target of his song illustrated cartoon from the creators of the Triplets of Belleville. Already more millions of views in less time after realizing this video, we can say that this strategy  is successfull. it is even on tweeter that Stromae fully appreciated. Irony! [Verse 1] Love is like Twitter bird, [you are in love with or A beginner at] it only for 48 hours. First you are associated with it, and afterwards you follow. It becomes cracked and you end up alone.  Beware! and beware of those who you like, their plastic smiles are often hits by hashtag (#). Beware! Ah, friends, buddies, and followers you are making a mistake. It is only a false popularity. [Chorus] Beware! If you love yourself, beware of me! If I like myself, bew...

Illegal wildlife trade produces billions of dollars a year globally; it is the second most lucrative illegal trading industry next to drug trafficking. Despite International and local laws designed to crack down on the trade, live animals and animal parts, often those of endangered or threatened species, are sold in open-air markets throughout the many regions of the World. Growing demand, leaky borders and the attraction of big money make it a rewarding business, the animals involved in trafficking end up as trophies, or in specialty restaurants. Some are used in Traditional Asian medicines. Conventional on International Trade of Endangered Species of fauna and flora (CITES) is there to make sure international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival. Most of heavily influenced by this Market is Asia, China in particular. Wildlife campaigners during London conference on illegal wildlife trade,the wildlife illegal trade wh worth Euro 12 ...

The longest river on our planet, the   Nile ,  takes its source in   Lake Victoria  (Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya), which is fed by a series of other rivers coming out of the other great African lakes.  The journey to the origin of the World’s longest river has fascinated explorers for centuries.  But could McGrigor, McLeay and MacIntyre succeed where Livingstone and Stanley failed? The "Ascend the Nile" expedition , (one Englishman and two New-Zealanders) reached the source of another indirect tributary of the Kagera River, the Rukarara river, in the heart of Nyungwe Forest, in Rwanda, which would therefore be the real source of the Nile, thus increasing its (already impressive ) length of 661 km by another 107 km! McLeay, Wellingtonian Garth Macintyre and Briton Neil McGrigor claim to have found a new source of Nile after travelling more than 6700 km tracing the Nile from The Mediterranean.  These explorers think they will have to prov...

Introduction The name "gorilla" was derived from an ancient account by a Carthaginian explorer who sailed along the west coast of Africa nearly 2,500 years ago. Local people shared their name for the great ape with him - the rough translation of which meant " hairy person ". The Mountain gorilla is one of the largest primates in the World with the male mountain gorilla, known as a Silver-back, often growing to twice the size of a female mountain gorilla. The Mountain gorilla has longer fur covering its body when compared to other gorilla species, allowing them to be able to withstand both hot and cold temperatures. The Mountain Gorilla in The Volcanoes National park in Rwanda Distribution The mountain gorilla is one of the two subspecies of the eastern gorilla. They are two populations; one is found in The Volcanic Mountains of Central Africa, within three National parks: Mgahinga, in South-West of Uganda; Volcanoes in North-West Rwanda; an...