Anti-Poaching Report: May 2025

Published on the 22nd of July, 2025

As conditions started to dry up, there was a reliable increase in illegal activites in May. Over the course of the month, SWT/KWS Anti-Poaching Teams arrested 40 individuals, collected 778 snares, and covered 37,709 kilometres on patrol.

During the month, the SWT/KWS Anti-Poaching Teams lifted 778 snares and made forty arrests, including eight related to poaching activities. Additional arrests included five charcoal burners, five livestock herders, seven loggers, seven miraa harvesters, and seven individuals apprehended for illegal entry into the parks. More than 450 kilograms of bushmeat was confiscated from poachers and abandoned camps, primarily consisting of hippo and dikdik meat.

Over the course of May, the teams destroyed thirty-seven charcoal kilns and three charcoal camps, including thirteen sacks of charcoal, along with twenty-three harbours, hides, or camps used by offenders within the parks, and twenty-three livestock bomas.

SWT/KWS Anti-Poaching Teams

They also discovered five elephant carcasses and handed over 456 kilograms of ivory to the KWS for secure storage.

SWT/KWS Anti-Poaching Teams

For twenty-five years, SWT rangers have been on the front lines of conservation in Kenya. In partnership with the Kenya Wildlife Service, they confront the country’s most urgent environmental threats. Beyond anti-poaching, they play a critical role in our field operations — supporting veterinary interventions, rescuing orphans, responding to human-wildlife conflict, and managing a range of field emergencies.
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