During the April to June 2017 3-month reporting period, the DSWT in partnership with the Kenya Wildlife Service and their four dedicated KWS field veterinary officers, attended to 63 wildlife cases .
Of the 63 cases attended to 26 cases included elephants ; 12 of these elephant cases were directly related to poaching activities with cases including 2 poisoned arrows, 7 spearings and 3 snarings, whilst there was also 1 elephant rescue and 3 human-wildlife conflict (HWC) cases, 1 collaring, 6 cases treated for natural causes and 3 post-mortems.
During this period 5 rhino cases were also attended to along with 10 lion cases . A number of other species including giraffe, cheetah, zebra, buffalo, hippo and plains game were also treated by the four veterinary units.
The Tsavo Mobile Vet Unit attended to 17 cases , including 6 poaching and 3 HWC cases, 3 rescues and 2 collarings.
The Mara Mobile Vet Unit attended to 16 cases of which 6 of the cases involved elephants, and 6 involved predators (1 speared lion, 1 HWC Cheetah, 3 lions with fight wounds and 1 lion collaring) as well as 4 plains game with various injuries.
The Meru Mobile Vet Unit attended to 15 cases including 6 elephants, 5 rhinos, 4 plains game and a giraffe. All the rhinos were treated for natural causes (as well as one postmortem attributed to natural causes). Of the 6 elephants, 2 were snared, 2 were HWC Cases (one translocation back into the park after raiding a village), one natural cause, plus a postmortem which was attributed to natural causes.
The Amboseli Mobile Vet Unit attended to 15 cases , 6 of which were elephant cases with 4 caused by spearing and 1 snare plus 1 natural cause. 1 cheetah was also relocated as well as cases including plains game and one baboon.
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