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PAGE 20 PLAINDEALER - FRIDAY, JANUARY 18,1980 Wildli fe Report In a bloody 3'2-month sequel to the Ugandan- Tanzanian war of early 1979, T a n z a n i a n s o l d i e r s slaughtered nearly 14,000 wild animals in Uganda - including thousands of hippopotamuses, and scores of lions and elephants - I n t e r n a t i o n a l " W i l d l i f e magazine reports in its current issue. Using machine guns and even hand grenades, the undisciplined Tanzanian troops, occupying Uganda as a "security" force following dictator Idi Amin's over­ throw, wiped out about, one third of all large mammals in Uganda's huge Ruwenzori National park, according to the National Wildlife Federation's bimonthly publication. In a signed story titled "I Witnessed a Massacre," Karl G. Van Orsdol, a Palo Alto, Calif., wildlife biologist, tells of seeing one section of the park turned into "a graveyard of dead and dying animals," with soldiers earning as much as $1,000 a day for killing ten hippos. Ugandan merchants then sold the meat off the carcasses for as much as $2,000 per animal, according to Van Orsdol's account, although there was no acute shortage of food in the country at the time. Van Orsdol, who went to africa in T976 to study lions at the Uganda Institute of Ecology, first saw wildlife killed by soldiers in March of 1979, when Idi Amin's troops, camping in Ruwenzori, started shooting animals for food. They hadn't been paid in months, they explained. The Institute staff was relieved when Tanzanian troops "liberated" the park, but within a few weeks "more animals were being killed than the (Tanzanian) troops could possibly eat," he reports^ In mid-June, Van Orsdol traveled 100 miles south to Ishasha. an isolated section of the park. At first, it seemed that area had been spared, and he resumed his study of lions. "Then," he writes, "while sitting out on the plains in the hot midday sun, I heard a loud rumble in the distance. About three miles south, I saw a large, open-backed truck moving straight toward a herd of resting buffalo. When it approached to within 400 feet of the herd, about ten Tanzanian soldiers standing in the back opened fire with their machine guns. The truck chased the fleeing herd for more than a mile as the soldiers continued to fire. Many buffalo fell to the ground dead or dying, while others limped away to die slowly later." Attempts to reason with the troops proved fruitless. In answer to his pleas, one soldier pointed a gun at Van Orsdol's head. "He informed me that he could execute anyone who stood in his way," Van Orsdol recalls. '.'Besides," the soldier continued, "if you don't let us kill the animals, then we will rob th^ people." The soldier said he hadn't been paid for six months. In July, after deciding he DRYCIIMMK SPECIAL! Sweaters, Pants & plain Skirts 99° ea. Offer Expires Feb. 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That's nearly 14,000 animals out of a total park population of 46,000 large mammals. Some of the lions were killed by hand grenades. The new Ugandan government imposed a five- year ban on hunting a few days after Van Orsdol's departure. According to Van Orsdol, the Ugandan parks are now being adminsitered by a team of biologists that is initiating an ambitious recovery program. "Moral and financial support is crucial," Van Orsdol emphasizes. "With aid from the rest of the world, there's a good chance these Ugandans can suc­ ceed." Goodwill Founder's Day Saturday, Jan. 19 is Founder's day in Goodwill Industries, Inc. com­ memorating the 117th bir- thdate of Dr. Edgar J. Helms, originator of the international rehabilitation agency for the handicapped and disadvantaged, ac­ cording to James Keeling, chairman of the board, Abilities Center Goodwill Industries. The day is usually ob­ served with an open house in the 167 workshops and the 1,200 Goodwill retail operations, but in the Rock- ford area an open house is staged for 255 days. The public, both in­ dividuals and organizations, are invited to visit the Goodwill headquarters at 1907 Kishwaukee street, Rockford, and see the five programs of rehabilitation in action any working day during the year. Goodwill also provides free club presentations with colored slides. In the 80 years since the founding of the first program, Goodwill has reached the annual service figure of 75,000 - in the U.S.A. The Abilities Center Goodwill Industries in Rock- ford has served over 10,500 since 1936 with a daily average of 155 clients. In 1979 the local agency served - over 1,100 people. 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