Thankfully Kenya has received plentiful rains over this reporting period which has ended the long drought. There is plentiful forage and water for wildlife and communities which has seen a huge reduction in vet cases across Kenya.

Of the 3 poaching cases, there was an adult male giraffe with a long winch wire snare around its neck but the snare had not caused any injuries, and 2 bull elephants with deep penetrating wounds. One had infected injuries to the neck region below the mandibles and an arrowhead was removed, the second had a penetrating wound to the hind limbs. A third elephant bull had a wound below the scrotum likely to have been caused during a territorial fight. Lastly, a young elephant calf was found abandoned and alone near the Mt Kenya Forest Boundary. With no other elephants in sight, the calf was flown to the Nairobi Nursery.

Out of the cases treated there were no HWC or poaching deaths, all cases were successful.