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A Ugandan vet’s amazing story of her work to save mountain gorillas

SOURCE: CBC Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka is Uganda’s first wildlife veteranarian Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka (Jo-Anne McArthur/We Animals Media) https://mp3.cbc.ca/radio/CBC_Radio_VMS/106/335/dave-eahGJuLo-20230526_1685126474981.mp3 The plight ...
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Uganda’s gorillas are back in big numbers at last — here’s how to see them

SOURCE: THE TIMES UK It’s been 30 years since conservation efforts to protect Uganda’s mountain primates began and their numbers ...
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Uganda’s first wildlife vet calls for more gorilla tourism

SOURCE: FINANCIAL REVIEW Dr Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka recalls a cheeky monkey that inspired her younger self to dream big. Today, as ...
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VIP book launch for Cookham-celebrated Ugandan conservationist

SOURCE: Maidenhead Advertiser Katherine Oakes, Lawrence Zikusoka, Claudia Hammond, Dr Gladys, Sarah Parfitt, Terry Wilson and Vicky Weddell Borough businesses ...
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Walking With Gorillas – BBC Sounds Interview

SOURCE: BBC SOUNDS Cover of Kalema-Zikusoka’s book Walking with Gorillas. Photograph: Handout Listen here https://gorillaconservationcoffee.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/drGladys_BBCSounds.mp3 ...
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Reformed poachers turn to coffee farming for livelihood

SOURCE: MONITOR Immaculate Tumwebaze, the Kataara Women’s Poverty Alleviation Group Chairperson in a coffee garden at the fringes of Queen ...
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Uganda’s first wildlife vet on breaking the mould – and why gorilla and human health are linked

SOURCE: The Guardian When Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka started out there were no black women in her field. She talks about creating ...
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Wildlife conservation and human health go hand-in-hand, says Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka

SOURCE: Adventure.com Outward Voices is a collection of personal essays from individuals who are doing their part to protect our ...
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Meet Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Uganda’s first wildlife vet and a renowned conservationist

Two one-year old baby mountain gorillas play together in the forest of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in southwestern Uganda Saturday, ...
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Champion of the gorillas: the vet fighting to save Uganda’s great apes

SOURCE: The Guardian ‘True friendship between people and wild animals is possible’: Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, who has seen Bwindi gorilla numbers ...
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