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31 October 2024
Aerial Unit Report: September 2024The Aerial Unit flew 175 hours in September, covering 23,077 kilometres. As the dry season came to a head, it was another busy month. Notable activities included the rescue of three orphaned elephants, the extraction of 14 elephants from wells and dams, along with firefighting, veterinary, anti-poaching, and human-wildlife conflict support.
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Aerial Unit Report: August 2024The Aerial Unit flew 219 hours in August, covering 27,214 kilometres. Unsurprisingly, given the dry season, it was a very busy month. Notable activities included eight elephant veterinary treatments, one translocation, several anti-poaching operations, and the rescue of a lost man. Over the course of the month, the team also fought four bushfires from the air.
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Aerial Unit Report: July 2024The Aerial Unit flew 214 hours in July, covering 27,707 kilometres. It was another busy month supporting veterinary treatments, mostly snare victims. Other notable activities from July include firefighting, human-wildlife conflict mitigation, and the dismantling of an illegal mining camp that ended with the surprise rescue of a pangolin. A highlight was the sighting of a newborn black rhino calf.
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