The Tsavo Conservation Area received moderate rainfall at the beginning of November with good precipitation experienced towards the end of the month. Presently, there is adequate forage for browsers and grazers to utilize, rivers are flowing and dams in the area have been filled to the brim.
The SWT – KWS Tsavo Mobile Veterinary Unit attended to 15 cases in November, 10 cases of these cases involved elephants while 4 cases in total were related to poaching. Among other interventions, the Veterinary Unit rescued 2 weak and emaciated elephant calves on separate occasions, and rescued an adult female elephant found trapped in a drying water dam just outside Kulalu ranch.