Park rangers enforce deadly violence in Uganda

Welcome to Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda’s top tourist destination. 2,000 square kilometers of near-pristine nature that’s home to 600 bird species and 95 mammals. But behind the safaris here, there are hard truths. In October 2023, our reporter Ashoka Mukpo came to investigate human-wildlife conflict, but he heard allegations of abuse and extrajudicial killings by rangers.
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[@MaximilienPerry]

So now we're supposed to be crying for the poachers? What a joke, my hats off to the rangers!

[@mwebazepatrick6883]

@@MaximilienPerry Don't be that heartless Rangers are human beings and pitchers are too. We should look for a solution not feeling.

[@lemondrizzle5658]

You sound as stupid as the rangers. You think killing humans is better than killing those animals. You keep these animals for the white man to come and look or kill because these days they pay to kill big game animals if you didn’t know. Africans what’s wrong with you?

[@ronaldkichurchak3833]

I have little empathy for these people.

[@colinduarte5162]

Preserving nature > one poachers right to life

[@jackm5564]

The results speak for themselves, when poacher's are given a zero tolerence attitude, poaching goes down and animals thrive. If these rangers dont act, then whats the point in them being there, if them, no one.

[@bobbobby3085]

This isn't zero tolerance this is just simply abuses of power

[@Hej411]

Easier said sitting behind a screen in a fancy house in some goddam western country

[@muhumuzaemmanuel8854]

It's difficult to explain but rangers have lost life as well. They are only being cautious because poachers too will kill you. I am working with the wildlife forensics lab of UWA, and very often rangers die in line of duty.

[@dar-es-salaam]

Residing in Uganda, I find it noteworthy that such matters seldom receive coverage. This is the first instance of my encountering such information, suggesting that it largely escapes public scrutiny.

[@Smokybub55]

WHERE CAN I PAY TO SUPPORT THESE RANGERS

[@jamalwelborn5132]

Hi Cortes

[@ndimu_galya]

I am from Uganda 🇺🇬 this video was recommended for me, i watched it and also subscribed to the channel

[@centurione6489]

Fishing in "wrong areas" is called "poaching", btw.

[@bobbobby3085]

Then just tell him to stop fishing and leave instead of beating him up...

[@alessandronicoletti83]

This video should have milions of view, but youtube is sleeping on good content

[@jordanasea8506]

Human-wildlife conflict has cost us many of these animals, especially the big cats. The rangers may have no choice but to take the life of poachers because they(poachers) are well armed and also ruthless. It's a two-way street. Though we have also had success in arresting these poachers without taking their lives. Bless up UWA rangers.

[@lemondrizzle5658]

But do you know who is killing the big cats?? The white man now is paying big bucks to shoot and kill the big animals. The Richest are killing these animals too.

[@mwebazepatrick6883]

The big problem is senstization on how those communities can co- exist with the wild life. We have seen patks that have co-existed with comunities. The problem is bigger thsn you see.

[@fmbida]

what the report does not state is that more often than not, poachers are armed with advanced weapons. It is the reason the government armed the game rangers. What the rangers did not tell you, was that the instability in Congo has also caused the government to put men of war in the game parks to deter armed rebel groups from Congo from coming to the Ugandan side to kill animals for food and trade.

[@chovuse]

Animal rights > Poachers rights. Biased reporting! You did not even bother to interview the animals to give us their response on how they are feeling about the dead and injured poachers, who murdered their comrades illegally, while trespassing in a protected wild park.

[@conniekabasharira7084]

These are armed poachers, sometimes with rifles, do you want our government to just give up on our wildlife and let them do whatever they want?

[@Mcnamara2]

As a Uganda and a conservationist 🇺🇬 am so proud of these rangers, I can not sympathize with poachers for they've led to extinction of many wildlife case in point is the great white rhino .

[@kaikaitoutou]

Cool video😊

[@Godblessyou974]

As a musongora, our land was taken leaving us with nothing 😢 we are living in camps😢

[@bobbobby3085]

The problem is most law enforcement agencies in Africa, their officers are mad with power and act like mob bosses doing whatever they like. This is a real problem, the wildlife can be protected without this type of abuse.

[@sivad7631]

These are armed poachers

[@bobbobby3085]

@@sivad7631 I'm talking about instances where rangers and other law enforcement agencies overstep boundaries and commit abuse and brutality on innocent people.

[@mwebazepatrick6883]

@sivad7631 They don't only kill armed poachers. The problem of rangers is deeper than we discus it right now. No one know the deeper truth except those who have taken a deeper investigative methods to know the truth.

[@modithor1501]

I hope you are all okay, mongas, I see your page is not up on facebook. 😢

[@victorgoddard9438]

It's the only language poachers can understand otherwise no animal will be left.

[@Uganda2theworld]

very small compared to the one in northern uganda ,Kidepo National park

[@victorgoddard9438]

Let them keep away from poaching. Otherwise they will face the hash side of the law. Why killing animals illegally?

[@NamataEvelyn-d2m]

Basongora just migrated there of recent when they given land by museveni in 2005 that land was occupied illegally by bakonjo

[@Godblessyou974]

You lack facts, see this woman mbu 2005, me who was born in 1997, my grandparents were in that land for centuries

[@pascojoseph8]

Why do they go to the park to hunt illegally

[@alvisedwald]

So you want the UWA to not do its job? You're really bold and funny

[@АндрійПлига]

Mixed feelings about this video. Have you heard a phrase “pink glasses”? You probably wear such ones if you think there is a piece and prosperity between locals and poachers in such biodiversity-rich places with low income of the local population.

[@jamesm9513]

What about the "Human rights," of the hunderds of Rangers that are murdered each year by poachers? Maybe this so called journalist can do a sob story about cartel members in Mexico being killed by police.

[@ThomasReginaThomaspresident]

Regina thomas president ugandansyse SSPDF❤😂🎉😢😮😅😊

[@kemetancientafrica]

Change the name of that National Park.

[@lemondrizzle5658]

Exactly why are still calling it the he colonisers name. It’s because they get paid by them to keep a hold on Africa.