The veterinary team ear-notched 15 black rhinos and 2 southern white rhinos in Ol Pejeta Conservancy and treated a juvenile elephant bull in Ol Jogi Conservancy exhibiting lameness on the right forelimb. 4 cases involving lions were also tackled by the team. These included the translocation of 2 lions from Solio Game Reserve to Tundra Conservancy; de-snared a sub-adult lioness in Segera Conservancy; and collaring 2 adult lionesses in Mugie Ranch and Ol-Maisor Ranch.

Several translocations were carried out over the reporting period, the largest one involved a mass drive of 713 common zebras and 38 elands to Solio Game Reserve. These animals had strayed from the conservancy to neighbouring private farmlands leading to human-wildlife conflict. The team also translocated 6 common zebras and 4 waterbucks from Mount Kenya Wildlife Conservancy to Tindress Wildlife Conservancy and 10 ostrich chicks back to Mount Kenya Wildlife Conservancy. In addition, the veterinary team treated a Grevy’s zebra foal at Inasoit Conservancy; de-snared and treated a juvenile spotted hyena at Jua Kali; rescued and relocated a juvenile bushbuck from Lolmarik to Mount Kenya Wildlife Conservancy; collared 21 baboons at Mpala Research Centre; and performed a postmortem examination on the carcass of an adult male crocodile at Mamba Village, Kiganjo.