Anti-Poaching Report: November 2024

Published on the 15th of December, 2024

During the month of November the SWT/KWS Anti-Poaching Teams teams collected 1,091 snares, made 44 arrests, and confiscated 23 kilos of elephant ivory.

During November the SWT/KWS Anti-Poaching Teams lifted 1,091 snares and made 44 arrests, including nine arrests for poaching activities, with six offenders caught in possession of bushmeat. Bushmeat confiscated from poachers and recovered from poachers' camps totalled 46kg, including bushbuck, gazelle, zebra and dik-dik meat, along with the carcasses of birds and fish.

During the month, the teams destroyed 12 charcoal kilns and two charcoal camps, with 14 charcoal sacks, as well as 30 harbors/camps most likely used by poachers.

In November, the teams also discovered one elephant carcass and handed over 23kg of ivory to the KWS. The teams supported the SWT/KWS Veterinary Units on two occasions, responding to veterinary treatments involving a elephant, and another a zebra. The teams also responded to several fire cases in the month.

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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