During this reporting period, there were 84 poaching incidents and 22 human-wildlife conflict (HWC) cases involving various species. The Units were also involved in cases involving natural causes, as well as postmortems, surveys, technical cases, rescues, relocations and collaring’s.

The majority of the poaching incidents involved elephants with snare (3), spear (17), arrow (17) and bullet wounds (4) as well as 2 postmortems which were attributed to poaching but the exact method could not be determined. Snaring of plains game was also significant among cases with 18 zebras, an eland, 3 antelope, 5 giraffe and 8 buffalo treated for snare injuries. In addition, 2 giraffes were treated for spear injuries and 2 zebras for suspected poaching related injuries.

The Mount Kenya and Meru Units were involved in relocating 70 animals with the aim of reducing the impact on overpopulated areas and increasing genetic diversity and populations in newly established Sanctuaries. The most consequential of which was translocating 26 White rhinos to the new Loisaba Conservancy Rhino Sanctuary, as well as moving zebra, giraffe and impala to Sangare Hills Resort and the new Dedan Kimathi University Sanctuary. Over 50 giraffes were enclosed in newly established, fenced private farms in Kajiado leaving them without access to water. A total of 35 were safely pushed into neighbouring sanctuaries.

The Units were successful in almost all the cases to with a 68% success rate and only 18% death rate.