Uganda Jails Poacher 11 Years For Killing Famous Gorilla Rafiki
July 31, 2020
12:06 pm
A court in southwestern Uganda has sentenced a man to 11 years in jail after he was found guilty of killing a mountain gorilla, named Rafiki.
The killing happened in Ugandaβs Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.
The poacher identified as Felix Byamukama, pleaded guilty to counts of trespassing in a protected area, killing a gorilla, a duiker and a bush pig.
He also pleaded guilty for illegally possessing meat from the bush pig and duiker, state-backed conservation group the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) said in a statement on Thursday.
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