SWT/KWS Quarterly Mobile Vet Report April to June 2020

SWT/KWS Quarterly Mobile Vet Report April to June 2020

Of the 106 cases attended to, 26 cases were directly related to poaching and 23 due to Human-wildlife conflict. Of the poaching cases, 14 involved elephants; 6 bullet wounds, 2 arrows, 5 spear cases and 1 snaring case. The 3 human-elephant conflict cases involving elephants included an elephant which was accidentally electrocuted, relocation of 3 elephants that strayed into heavily populated settlements and an elephant that was attacked with arrows and spears after crossing into farm lands. Other elephant cases included 8 treatments for natural causes, 11 post-mortems, assumed to be natural deaths, and 4 rescues.

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