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18 April 2019
Aerial Surveillance Report for March 2019March usually marks the onset of Tsavo’s short rains (long rains for the rest of the country). Despite many of the tell-tale signs of impending rain – ostriches laying eggs, acacias flowering, and oppressive heat – only a couple small rain storms fell in Tsavo. As the month wore on, nothing seemed to abate the intense heat and much of the Park has become dry and dusty at a time of the year that is normally relatively wet. Perhaps because of this unexpected delay in the rains, Human-Wildlife Conflict cases were numerous. ...
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Amboseli Mobile Veterinary Unit for March 2019During March 2019, the Amboseli Mobile Veterinary Unit (AMVU) attended to 11 animal cases. Six wildebeest males were sampled for disease investigation. Three elephants were treated for different illnesses and a similar number examined for cause of death. A Nile hippo and a cheetah were examined for cause of death around the Marula area at Isinet, Amboseli....
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Mara Mobile Veterinary Unit for March 2019During March, the Mara region received a few sporadic showers of rain, however, most of the days were dry with diminishing forage and water for use by wildlife. Cases handled during the period involved elephant treatments with one big male relieved and treated for a wound caused by a tight cable wire snare round his trunk. Other elephants were treated for human induced injuries but all of them were considered out of danger....
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