Rift Valley Mobile Veterinary Unit Report for December 2021

Published on the 15th of January, 2022

It was a month of varied operations as the Unit general clinical case work, routine security patrols and assisted with several translocations.

The Unit attended to eight interventions including the translocation of topis and hartebeests at Marula Estates, de-snaring of two oryx and two zebra within Naivasha and Soysambu Conservancy, treatment of an elephant for a bullet wound in the Masai Mara and relocation of one elephant from WRTI Annex in Naivasha to Masai Mara National Reserve to alleviate human-wildlife conflict. Many parts of Lake Naivasha and generally many parts of Central Rift Conservation Area have received sporadic showers. The region is still experiencing a dry spell, with pasture and browse availability continually decreasing.

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