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Killer of Uganda gorilla sentenced to 11 years in prison

A baby mountain gorilla. PHOTO | FILE | AFP

By  Xinhua

What you need to know:

  • The poacher pleaded guilty to counts of trespassing in a protected area, killing a gorilla, a duiker and a bush pig.
  • Sam Mwandha, UWA executive director, welcomed the ruling, noting that justice had been done for Rafiki. 

A court in southwestern Uganda has sentenced a man to 11 years in jail after he was found guilty of killing a mountain gorilla and other wildlife in Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.

The poacher, named Felix Byamukama, pleaded guilty to counts of trespassing in a protected area, killing a gorilla, a duiker and a bush pig, and 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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