The Mountain Conservation area experienced hot and dry weather conditions with only a few sporadic rainfalls resulting in feed and water stress across the ecosystem.
During August the Mt Kenya Veterinary Unit attended to 11 cases mainly comprising of clinical interventions, disease surveillance, and animal capture for translocation. The Unit was pivotal in the assistance of the Northern White Rhino Biorescue Program and carried out a male sterility check, a pregnancy check on a surrogate Southern White rhino female who had previously undergone embryo transfer, a breeding soundness on a potential Southern White rhino female surrogate, and ovum pick up and reproductive examination on 2 Northern White rhinos.