In December 2024, SWT/KWS Anti-Poaching Teams teams collected 1,262 snares, made 41 arrests, and confiscated 100 kg of elephant ivory.
Arrests included three for poaching activities, two for possession of bushmeat, seven for illegal logging in protected areas, and six for grazing livestock inside National Parks. Confiscated bushmeat totalled 46 kg, including bushbuck, gazelle, zebra and dik-dik meat, along with the carcasses of birds and fish.
During the month, the teams destroyed 25 charcoal kilns and 3 charcoal camps, along with several harbors/hides/camps used by offenders in the National Parks.
The teams also discovered 4 elephant carcasses, retrieving over 100 kg of ivory which was signed over to KWS.
SWT/KWS Anti-Poaching Teams
For a quarter of a century, SWT rangers have been frontline defenders of Kenya’s ecosystems. Working in partnership with the Kenya Wildlife Service, they face the most pressing threats to conservation. In addition, they serve as a vital link in our wider field work, supporting not only anti-poaching operations, but also veterinary treatments, orphan rescues, human-wildlife conflict mitigation, and all manner of field emergencies.
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