5.5 million Cargo units searched by AWF-trained detection dog teams in Entebbe and Karuma in 2021-2022
8 Countries named by CITES for a high rate of transboundary wildlife trafficking (“Gang of 8”), a list Uganda was cleared from in part due to AWF-supported anti-trafficking work at Murchison Falls
378 Farmers near Murchison Falls who have been supported to grow chili since 2013. (Chili peppers are a buffer crop that prevents human-elephant conflict.)
Deploying Canines to Track Poachers
Our Canines for Conservation program trains handlers to use their canine partner’s powerful noses to sniff out wildlife crime. AWF and the Uganda Wildlife Authority have deployed a detection-dog team to intercept wildlife contraband in Karuma, a town in the Murchison Falls landscape that has become a trafficking hub for products from the DRC and South Sudan. In addition, we recently deployed a tracker-dog unit to investigate and deter poaching and trafficking in the field.
