During May, the Mara Veterinary Unit attended to 7 cases involving 1 lion, 1 White rhino and 5 elephants.
The lion was treated for territorial fight wounds and should make a full recovery. Three of the elephants were treated for spear wounds which can be from poaching attempts, and at least one was most likely due to human-wildlife conflict – speared to prevent crop raiding, and another for bullet wound injuries. A postmortem was carried out on one elephant which died due to natural causes.