Wildlife thrives in southern Sudan

Despite decades of civil war in Sudan, more than a million animals, including elephants, buffaloes, ostriches, lions, giraffes and a rare type of stork, have been unexpectedly seen living and migrating across Southern Sudan.


The first survey in 25 years conducted by Michael Fay of Natinal Geographics 'Megatransect' fame surprised everyrone except Maj. Gen. Alfred Akwoch, undersecretary of the Ministry of the Environment, Wildlife Conservation and Tourism for the government of Southern Sudan who has been telling people that wildlife was still present in southern Sudan. But conflict isn't good news for wildlife everywhere - infact the Janjaweed who have been so successful in killing humans in Darfur, are just as abad for buffalos and elephants. So the question now is - are we going to do something about saving these spectacular populations?

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