Daytime temperatures fluctuated significantly in July, several days were marked by cloudy skies and a noticeable drop in temperature. As the dry season set in, grass has gradually lost its green hue, and a few patches in the plains are devoid of flora. Although most rivers are decreasing in volume and seasonal water holes are drying up, the rivers have kept flowing which gives us hope that water and food for wildlife will be sufficient in the coming months.

In Meru National Park, the veterinary team treated an adult elephant bull for significant lameness in its left hind leg; the team also treated and relocated a male Grevy’s zebra from the Murera staff quarters to the Meru Rhino Sanctuary; and administered a prophylactic treatment to a security dog at the Meru Rhino Canine Unit. In the Sankuri area of Garissa, the veterinary team attended to 2 snared sub-adult Reticulated giraffe bulls.