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Headed by KWS Field Veterinary Officer Dr. Edward Kariuki this Unit has been equipped with a custom-designed vehicle and all the necessary equipment including a refrigerator, dart gun, VHF radios, GPS, camera, binoculars as well as all the medicines and equipment required for rapid and effective veterinary response.
A Sheldrick Trust driver and veterinary assistant called Julius Kyalo supports Dr. Edward Kariuki along with two experienced Kenya Wildlife Service capture rangers.
The Amboseli Mobile Veterinary Unit has been operational since May 2014.
14 April 2025
Amboseli Mobile Veterinary Report for March 2025The SWT/KWS Amboseli Mobile Vet Unit attended to seven cases in March 2025, involving leopards, elephants, lions and baboons. There were no poaching cases and only a singular case linked with human-wildlife conflict.
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Amboseli Mobile Veterinary Report for February 2025The Southern Conservation Area and, more importantly, the Amboseli Ecosystem experienced a hot and dry period in February 2025. Six cases of veterinary care involving elephants, lions, and giraffes were attended to during February. This included 3 post-mortems, 2 human-wildlife conflict cases and a speared giraffe.
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Amboseli Mobile Veterinary Report for January 2025The Southern Conservation Area and more importantly the Amboseli Ecosystem experienced a warm and dry period in January 2025
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