Elephants and impalas are both doing well in Uganda.

Elephants and impalas are both doing well in Uganda. 

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In 1999, poaching had reduced the number of impalas, a type of grazing antelope, in Uganda to just 1,600 animals. Today, there are more than 35,000 -- and populations of many other species have soared as well, thanks to successful efforts to reduce the amount of poaching in the country's protected areas.

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