The Re‐Introduction of Recreational Hunting in Uganda

Institutional Arrangements for Conservation, Development and Tourism in Eastern and Southern Africa

“…CHAs were created to minimize impact by local inhabitants on wildlife populations, and to provide grounds for colonial governments, traditional kings and chiefs to, among others, hunt for pleasure and attain trophies for rituals (Ayorekire et al 2011 ). In Uganda, CHAs were gazetted in the 1920s, as legitimized by the 1926 Game Ordinance that cemented the central government's control over CHAs (Lamprey and Mugisha 2009 The Game Ordinance thereby provided for the creation of many CHAs across the country, including the Ankole controlled hunting area (today's Lake Mburo National Park -LMNP), Semeliki controlled hunting area (today's Semeliki Wildlife Reserve), and Karamoja hunting areas (areas around Kidepo Valley NP). It is this type of hunting that dates back to the colonial era that we refer to as the 'old' sport hunting.…”

Effect of human nuisance on the social organisation of large mammals: group sizes and compositions of seven ungulate species in Lake Mburo National Park and the adjacent Ankole Ranching Scheme

“…Population sizes of some species such as topi Damalicus lunatus (Rannestad et al 2006, Averbeck et al 2009) and African buffalo Synceros caffer (our study) are obviously declining in the ARS. Still, Averbeck et al (2009) reported on other species such as impala Aepyceros melampus being even slightly more abundant in the ARS than inside LMNP even though impala experience strong hunting and poaching in the ARS (Averbeck 2001, 2002, Lamprey & Mugisha 2009). Averbeck et al (2009), therefore, suggested that source‐sink dynamics may be operating, with dispersing animals from inside the park constantly replenishing the hunted population in the ARS.…”

Intraspecific prey choice of bushmeat hunters outside the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania: a preliminary analysis

“…A situation as outlined above is found in some ungulate species inhabiting Lake Mburo National Park (LMNP) and the adjacent unprotected ranchland of the Ankole Ranching Scheme (ARS) in Uganda, which are part of the Akagera Ecosystem (Averbeck et al 2009(Averbeck et al , 2010. Livestock keeping and burning of the vegetation in areas subjected to pastoralism are often accompanied by shifts in landscape structuring and habitat modifications, which can be followed by pronounced changes in the communities of ungulates (de Boer & Prins 1990, Prins 2000, Treydte et al 2005, Lamprey & Mugisha 2009. Although landscape structures in the ARS have been modified to a relatively small extent (Hoag & Clements 1993), some vegetation types have clearly changed; e.g.…”