The number of animals in Uganda's national parks and game reserves has soared over the past decade, the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) says.

乌干达野生动物协会称，乌干达国家公园和野生动物保护区中的动物数量在过去的十年中猛涨。

The zebra is one of the animals on the increase in Ugandan national parks

The latest figures show that the population of some species has doubled since 1999, spokeswoman Lillian Nsubuga said.

Wildlife had benefited from improved monitoring and the expulsion（驱逐，开除） of rebels from the country, she added.

The animals on the rise include buffalos, giraffes（长颈鹿） and elephants.

New statistics show that the population with the biggest increase is that of the Impala（黑斑羚） , a grazing antelope¹（羚羊） .

The number of Impala in Uganda has surged to more than 35,000, from around 1,600 at the time of the last census² in 1999.

Hippopotamuses³（河马） , waterbucks（非洲大羚羊） , and zebras are also on the increase.

Ms Nsubuga said the UWA had been able to reduce poaching by improving the monitoring of national parks and reserves and by offering incentives⁴ to local communities to protect wildlife.

Since the expulsion of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) from northern Uganda, wildlife officials have also been able to limit poaching（非法狩猎） in Murchison Falls National Park.

"We can't say that poaching is no longer a problem, but we have been able to reduce it", Ms Nsubuga said.