The Mara Veterinary Unit attended to 4 cases in August. These cases included a snared elephant, a speared buffalo, a giraffe with a wound on its left forelimb at the fetlock area and a zebra with an arrowhead embedded in its gluteal muscles.
August has been relatively windy and occasionally overcast leading to moderate down pours which have aided vegetation regeneration. This month has been quiet with comparatively fewer cases witnessed. This can be attributed to the low population of wild animals within the reserve owing to their displacement by livestock incursion. The few wild animals left within the reserve have borne the blunt of human-wildlife conflict as livestock competes with wildlife for limited resources.