By Julius Bizimungu
The number of wild grey crowned cranes in Rwanda has reached impressive levels driven by measures that have contained the illegal trade of the endangered species.
Preliminary data of the latest annual national crane census by Rwanda Wildlife Conservation Association (RWCA) shows that the number of these birds has reached 748.
This is higher than the past two years where the number of the endangered species were recorded at 459 and 487 in 2017 and 2018, respectively, thanks to the efforts of the community conservation champions.
The RWCA has not yet publicly shared the final report but Olivier Nsengimana, a renowned conservationist of grey cranes and the organization’s founder, said the census was completed a few days ago…Read more>>
