During this reporting period, there were 39 poaching incidents and 18 human-wildlife conflict cases. Three rhinos and 1 elephant sustained bullet wounds, the elephant was given a guarded prognosis, two rhinos are expected to recover fully but sadly one succumbed to its injuries. There were 22 snaring cases involving an elephant, a lion, 4 waterbuck, 10 zebra, 4 giraffe and 2 buffalo. 6 elephants and 1 zebra were arrowed (with another injured in a poaching attempt with an unknown sharp object), and 4 elephants and a giraffe were treated for spear injuries. Of the HWC cases, there were several relocations of 22 animals (lion, elephant, waterbuck, buffalo and zebra) to mitigate potential threats to both human and animal life. Sadly, a lion was poisoned after it preyed on livestock and a hyena was killed in retaliation for attacking 3 people. Other cases included relocating a problematic leopard, rescue of 2 elephants and a wildebeest that were stuck in manmade pits, treatment of 3 zebras that were injured by fences, assessment of 1 zebra for fence electrocution and another that was hit by a car; sadly these two did not survive.

The Units also collared 1 lioness and 6 baboons, rescued a zebra foal, attended to KWS security dogs/horses and de-horned a particularly aggressive white rhino bull. Two of the Units assisted with the return of rhinos which had strayed out of protected areas, whilst others were involved in the mass translocation of various plains game (51 animals ) into new sanctuaries. The rest of the cases were related to natural causes.