Our SWT/KWS Anti-Poaching Teams had a highly productive month, covering 39,852 kilometres on patrol. Rangers confiscated 1,679 snares and made 34 arrests for various wildlife crimes, while also supporting field emergencies ranging from an orphan rescue to firefighting efforts.
During the month, SWT/ KWS Anti-Poaching Teams lifted 1,679 snares and made 34 arrests, including the arrest of 15 offenders caught in possession of bushmeat and two suspected bushmeat poachers. Other arrests made during the month include two charcoal burners, six loggers, and nine arrests made for illegal entry into the parks. Bushmeat confiscated from poachers and camps included over 80 carcasses, including two large giraffe carcasses, 66 dik-diks, and many birds and hares.
During the month, the teams destroyed 22 charcoal kilns and one charcoal camp, including the confiscation of nine charcoal sacks. 36 harbors/hides/camps used by offenders in the parks were also found and destroyed.
In July, the teams also discovered one elephant carcass and handed over three kg of ivory to the KWS for safekeeping. They also supported an orphaned elephant rescue and an operation to free an adult elephant from mud, along with several veterinary cases involving elephants, a zebra, and a buffalo.