Elephants return to Mount Elgon side of Uganda after four decades
A herd of elephants has returned to the Ugandan side of Mount Elgon after being absent for over 40 years. This return is attributed to successful restoration efforts by the Uganda Wildlife Authority and improved habitat conditions. Local communities have mixed feelings about the elephants' return, balancing pride and economic optimism with concerns about crop damage.
- ▪Monitoring shows at least 60 elephants crossed from Kenya into Uganda last year.
- ▪The Uganda Wildlife Authority views the elephants' return as a sign of species recovery.
- ▪Community projects funded by the Mount Elgon Foundation aim to reduce forest degradation.
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Monitoring of elephants on Mount Elgon, on the Uganda-Kenya border, shows a herd of elephants have crossed over to the Ugandan side, into areas they had largely abandoned since the 1970s.The Uganda Wildlife Authority says their return is a positive sign that efforts to restore degraded forest in Mount Elgon National Park is succeeding.Residents of Bukwo district, which overlaps with the national park, say elephants destroyed crops in 2025 but UWA rangers have so far prevented this in 2026.See All Key Ideas (function($) { $(document).ready(function() { const bulletPoints = $('.bulletpoints'); const toggle = $('.bulletpoints-wrapper .content-expander'); if (bulletPoints.length > 0) { const bulletPointsHeight = bulletPoints[0].scrollHeight; if (bulletPointsHeight && bulletPointsHeight <=…
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