Ugandans kill migrating storks in desperation for food

Graphic content / A bird hunter carries one of the migratory birds successfully captured in Ayoreri village, Kween District, on April 17, 2025. Desperate Ugandans are using poison to kill thousands of migrating white storks and other protected birds because they see no other source of food. [AFP]

Desperate Ugandans are using poison to kill thousands of migrating white storks and other protected birds because they have so few sources of food.

In Ayoreri, a village on the Kenyan border, Sam Chekwoi, 42, said unpredictable rains and droughts have made it increasingly hard to feed his two wives and 11 children.