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Headed by KWS Vet Dr Njoroge, and funded by Elizabeth Scarlett, the SWT/KWS Mara Veterinary Unit operates in the Maasai Mara National Reserve, the adjacent Mara Triangle, and neighbouring community areas.
There was a reduction in cases in October from September, with only 8 cases attended to and only 2 involving elephants.
Read moreThe Unit attended 18 cases in September, including 10 elephant cases and 10 poaching cases. The poaching cases involved 2 arrowed giraffes and 8 elephants with spear and arrow wounds, plus one postmortem where human involvement was indicated but the exact cause of death couldn’t be identified.
Read moreThe Mara Mobile Vet Unit attended to 7cases in August. Of these cases, 3 were related to poaching, involving 1 arrowed elephant and 2 snared zebras.
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