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Kill a Monkey and Get a dollar in Kalangala,Blow to conservation efforts in Uganda safaris

The office has presented an award of 2,000 (1USD) per tail of a dead monkey presented to them. Our opinion is you need to the human and the monkeys to co-exist or find alternative measures for it.

In a way, the district authorities are justifying and encouraging poaching and ‘genocide’ of the monkey. Kalangala needs both the monkeys and the palm fruits for economic activity. Therefore, the solution cannot lie in total elimination of these poor primates but in careful manipulation of nature and application of modern conservation methods to preserve both.

It cannot be so difficult to control and live with monkeys in the 21st Century, when our forefathers devised local means of keeping away such animals from their crops without killing them. For instance, one official of BIDCO, the company behind the palm oil project, said they had already tested some methods like painting the offending monkey with a blue colour which would signal to the others that the plantations were a no-go area.

We have a fully fledged body, the Uganda Wildlife Authority, which has a wealth of knowledge and information on the habits of monkeys. This institution should be consulted on how the behaviours of these primates can be manipulated in order to keep them away from the plantations.

If other repellants fail, then the district should find land which should be turned into a sanctuary for the monkeys. Isn’t it ironic that people are often arrested at airports while attempting to smuggle out monkeys, but then the district authorities are signing death warrants for monkeys!

It is our belief that these animals are not beyond control as the district authorities would want us to believe and can coexist with the palm oil farmers.

Its a sad story here from Kalangala as the district officials have ordered for the mass killing of monkeys in bid to protect the palm oil trees. The primates have been feeding on the ripe palm trees in the Palm project of the Buggala Island which is the largest in Ssese Islands.
The office has presented an award of 2,000 (1USD) per tail of a dead monkey presented to them. Our opinion is you need to the human and the monkeys to co-exist or find alternative measures for it.In a way, the district authorities are justifying and encouraging poaching and ‘genocide’ of the monkey. Kalangala needs both the monkeys and the palm fruits for economic activity. Therefore, the solution cannot lie in total elimination of these poor Uganda safari primates but in careful manipulation of nature and application of modern conservation methods to preserve both.
It cannot be so difficult to control and live with monkeys in the 21st Century, when our forefathers devised local means of keeping away such animals from their crops without killing them. For instance, one official of BIDCO, the company behind the palm oil project, said they had already tested some methods like painting the offending monkey with a blue colour which would signal to the others that the plantations were a no-go area.

We have a fully fledged body, the Uganda Wildlife Authority, which has a wealth of knowledge and information on the habits of monkeys. This institution should be consulted on how the behaviours of these primates can be manipulated in order to keep them away from the plantations.
If other repellants fail, then the district should find land which should be turned into a sanctuary for the monkeys. Isn’t it ironic that people are often arrested at airports while attempting to smuggle out monkeys, but then the district authorities are signing death warrants for monkeys!
It is our belief that these animals are not beyond control as the district authorities would want us to believe and can coexist with the palm oil farmers.

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