The rains continued to pound the Laikipia and Mt. Kenya region in October which brought some relief to the ecosystem given the reduced cases of human – wildlife conflict and clinical cases reported. The Mt. Kenya Mobile Veterinary Unit attended to 7 Cases over the reporting period.
The team captured 10 bushbucks in Ol-Pejeta Conservancy, Laikipia and translocated them to Tindress Conservancy, Nakuru; treated a male white rhino in Solio Ranch for lameness caused by a soft tissue injury incurred during a territorial fight; de-snared a male common zebra at Posta Area in Laikipia County with a tight nylon rope snare on the hindlimb; performed an autopsy examination on a common zebra foal carcass found in the same area; de-snared an elephant cow in El-Karama Ranch; and performed an autopsy examination on a sub-adult male elephant carcass in Male Ranch, Laikipia County.