The 20th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP20) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wildlife Fauna and Flora (CITES) is halfway in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Parties to the Convention are advancing decisions that will shape international trade regulation for fauna and flora. Approximately 3,400 participants have joined so far, including nearly 1,000 government representatives from 163 Parties, over 200 observer organizations, more than 100 media representatives, and numerous local participants. 

This Friday 21st March 2025 we held a training at Katwe Divisional Police in Kampala. We trained over 45 criminal investigations police officers about Uganda’s biodiversity, the law protecting it, offences created by the law and points to prove. We also shared with them copies of our compendium of laws protecting wildlife in Uganda.

We are grateful to all our donors who made sure that this was possible. Unless police officers know, they cannot help. With more giving, we will be able to hold more trainings. Support us to save life. Do it through your donation.

Knowledge of the law can save wildlife and the people. This month, in our endeavor to save life, we visited Kigungu Landing Site on lake Victoria where we educated fishermen on the need to conserve fish and the laws protecting fish in Uganda. We also distributed copies of laws protecting wildlife in Uganda.

Unless people understand why wildlife should be conserved, they will not help to conserve it. Early this month, we were at Kasenyi Landing Site where we sensitized fishermen on the need to sustainably conserve fish and the laws protecting fish in Uganda. We were joined by the District Fisheries Officer Wakiso, Fisheries Officer Katabi and Kasenyi, and other local leaders. We also distributed copies of our compendium of laws protecting wildlife in Uganda.#savelife

It requires our collective efforts to save these innocent creatures from troubles they face each day that passes. Pangolins are mostly threatened by traffickers that if we do not join efforts in saving them, they will be no more in just a few years to come. They don’t speak, let’s speak for them.

We join the rest of the world morn the passing of Steve M. Wise, an American animal rights trailblazer, founder and president of Nonhuman Rights Project. He was an author and scholar who played an integral role in the development of Animal Law. His work and several law suits that he filed on behalf of nonhuman animals are a confirmation that persistence is key to progress. Steve did his part for which he will be remembered. When we persist, we will make the world a kinder place for animals and humans.