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The 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.
Read moreThe 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.
Read moreThe Aerial Unit flew 129 hours in June, covering 18,093 kilometres. It was a particularly busy month on the veterinary front, with eight treatments requiring aerial support. Hearteningly, very little fresh poaching activity was discovered in June, although several veterinary cases indicated poaching along the peripheries of protected areas.
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