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ANTI-POACHING UNITS MONTHLY REPORT
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JULY 2015 MONTHLY SUMMARY: ALL UNITS TOTAL SNARES RECOVERED & COLLECTED: TOTAL ARRESTS MADE: TOTAL WEAPON/EQUIPMENT CONFISCATIONS: TOTAL ILLEGAL STRUCTURES DESTROYED:
551 56 56 20
In the month of July the DSWT/KWS Anti-Poaching Units had a busy month, partly due to the heightening of the dry season. 551 snares were recovered and collected by the teams in total, including mostly small and medium sizes snares set to trap dikdiks and small antelopes, as well as a number of larger snares set to capture larger game and even elephants. The teams also made 56 arrests including 13 bush-meat poachers and 2 ivory poachers. The ivory poachers are thought to be involved in the poaching of the 5 elephants slaughtered in Tsavo West towards the end of the month. The KWS continue to investigate into the Tsavo West tragedy and track down others involved in the crime. Other notable incidences included the Tiva team working on a successful anti-poaching ambush using the KWS Dog Unit and the DSWT helicopter where two bush-meat poachers were tracked and arrested in Tsavo East. The Burra team was also successful in extracting a baby elephant from a water point with help from the Voi Keepers. Several teams were also integral in the location and treatment of a number of elephants injured through poaching incidences during the month.
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MAP OF ALL UNIT’S PATROL ROUTES
MAP OF ALL UNIT’S ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES
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DAILY SITUATION REPORT MONTHLY SUMMARY – JULY 2015
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TOTAL SNARES COLLECTED – JULY 2015 - All Teams
TOTAL ARRESTS MADE – JULY 2015 - All Teams
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INDIVIDUAL TEAM REPORTS JULY 2015
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JULY 2015 ITHUMBA TEAM PATROL AREA: Northern sector of Tsavo East NP, northern boundary & Gazi DAYS ON DUTY:30
SECURITY & INCIDENTS ELEPHANT TREATMENT 5/7/15
The team members help to treat a wild elephant bull at Ithumba with the Tsavo Vet Unit
SHOOTING PLATFORM 7/7/15
The team discover a shooting platform at Laga Kungu, it had been use to short arrows at elephants passing underneath
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TRESPASSER 8/7/15
The team arrested a trespasser in Tsavo East. unknown.
His activities were
SHOOTING BLIND 9/7/15
Team members found and destroyed a shooting blind in the Wamata area by a small water pan
LIFTING SNARES 10/7/15
Another shooting blind was found in the Wamata area as well as a poachers campsite, small snares and a dikdik carcass
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LIVESTOCK INTRUSION 14/7/15
The team found Illegal grazing in the Gazi area and pushed the livestock out of the park
CHARCOAL BURNING 19/7/15
Team members found significant cutting down of trees illegally for charcoal burning in the Gazi area
CHARCOAL CAMP 19/7/15
The team found and destroyed the charcoal burners hideout and kitchen in Gazi, the offenders fled the scene
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LIFTING SNARES 23/7/15
The team patrolled the Umbi area and found over 200 snares of different sizes as well as a snared dikdik
POACHERS CAMP 25/7/15
Team members found a poachers camp on the banks of Tiva river with snares and a mosquito net
ILLEGAL LOGGING 26/7/15
Illegal logging was discovered at the Umbi area
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ITHUMBA UNIT MONTHLY ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES AND PATROL ROUTES
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JULY 2015 MTITO TEAM PATROL AREA: Tsavo Triangle, northern sector of Tsavo West NP & surrounding communities DAYS ON DUTY: 30
SECURITY & INCIDENTS LIFTING SNARES 7/7/15
The team members lifted snares along the Mtito River
BUSHMEAT POACHER 9/7/15
The team were lifting snares at the Kanga area when they caught this poacher laying traps
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SHOOTING PLATFORM 11/7/15
A shooting platform sighted in the Tsavo Triangle during an aerial patrol and was destroyed by the team
CHARCOAL KILN 13/7/15
Team members destroying a charcoal kiln at Mangelete
POACHER ARRESTED 14/7/15
The Mtito team arrested a notorious poacher with some weapons and a bushbuck head at Mangelete
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BUSHMEAT POACHING 16/7/15
The team arrested poachers and loggers in the Triangle
LIVESTOCK INTRUSION 19/7/15
The team evicted herds of cows found in the Ziwani area, the herders had fled the scene
CHARCOAL BURNING 29/7/15
The team members destroyed a number of charcoal kilns at the Bondeni area as well as arresting a burner and several loggers
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MTITO UNIT MONTHLY ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES AND PATROL ROUTES
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JULY 2015 KENZE TEAM PATROL AREA: Kibwezi Forest and surrounding communities DAYS ON DUTY: 30
SECURITY & INCIDENTS CHARCOAL KILN 7/7/15
The Kenze team joined by new recruits destroyed a charcoal kiln in the Custom area
OPHANED SERVAL 10/7/15
The team rescued a serval cat found abandoned in the Forest, which is now being cared for by the DSWT
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ILLEGAL LOGGING 13/7/15
The Kenze team found illegal logging in the Metava area
LIFTING SNARES 16/7/15
The team carried out a de-snaring in the Kenzili area, where they found a number of small wire snares
SNARES & LOGGING 20/7/15
The team carried out a de-snaring in the Duma area, where they found a number of small wire snares as well as illegal logging activities
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CHARCOAL KILNS 26/7/15
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The team Destroyed a charcoal kiln in the Custom area and found illegal cutting of trees
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JULY 2015 CHYULU TEAM PATROL AREA: Chyulu National Park, Kibwezi Forest and surrounding communities DAYS ON DUTY: 30
SECURITY & INCIDENTS LIVESTOCK GRAZING 6/7/15
The team arrested a number of herdsmen in the park caught grazing livestock illegally
ELEPHANT CARCASS 7/7/15
The team members found an elephant carcass sighted at Olteseka killed by a gun wound. The tusks were taken by the poachers
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CHARCOAL BURNING 10/7/15
Charcoal burners arrested during a night ambush in the Chyulu Hills National Park
ILLEGAL LOGGING 15/7/15
Men were arrested for logging illegally in the Park
ILLEGAL LIVESTOCK 21/7/15
The team found illegal livestock in the Park area and pushed it out of the Park boundary
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MIRRA HARVESTING 23/7/15
The team arrested a mirra harvester in the park, who had been growing the plant illegally
BIRD TRAP 27/7/15
The team found and destroyed a Guinea fowl trap in the Park
ELEPHANT POACHING 28/7/15
The team worked with the KWS in investigating the killing of 5 elephants in Tsavo West. They apprehended to poachers believed to be involved,.
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CYHULU UNIT MONTHLY ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES AND PATROL ROUTES
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JULY 2015 BURRA TEAM PATROL AREA: Southern sector of Tsavo East NP & the Taita Ranches DAYS ON DUTY:30
SECURITY & INCIDENTS ORPHANED ELEPHANT 2/7/15
The Burra team helped the Veterinary Unit in rescuing and treating an orphaned elephant at Salaita in Tsavo West National Park
LIFTING SNARES 4/7/15
The team members with KWS rangers lifting medium sized snares at the Ndii area
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ELEPHANT TREATMENT 6/7/15
The team helped the veterinary unit to locate and treat an injured elephant
LIFTING SNARES 9/7/15
Lifting medium and small sized snares at from the Ndii ranch area, set to catch plains game
LIFTING SNARES 12/7/15
The team lifted numerous snares from the Irima area
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ILLEGAL LOGGING 18/7/15
The team found significant signs of illegal logging at the Kajire area and arrested two loggers
ELEPHANT RESCUE 19/7/15
A baby elephant was rescued by the team from a water hole at Sentrim camp and was successfully reunited with its mother
POACHERS ARRESTED 21/7/15
The team arrested two poachers at Ndara Plains and took them to the local police station
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ILLEGAL LOGGING 22/7/15
Illegal logging was discovered at Voi forest in conjunction with charcoal kilns found close by
POACHERS ARRESTED 23/7/15
The Burra team captured and arrested 3 men at Mbulia Ranch who were poaching wild animals for bushmeat by snaring and traps
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BURRA UNIT MONTHLY ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES AND PATROL ROUTES
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JULY 2015 ZIWANI TEAM PATROL AREA: Central sector of Tsavo West NP south of the Tsavo River DAYS ON DUTY: 13
SECURITY & INCIDENTS LIFTING SNARES 23/7/15
The Ziwani team worked with rangers from the Taita Hills Lodge in lifting snares from the Taita Hills Sanctuary
CHARCOAL KILNS 23/7/15
New charcoal kilns were discovered at Taita Hills Sanctuary and destroyed
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INJURED ELEPHANT 26/7/15
The team supported the veterinary unit in monitoring an injured elephant with a very young calf at Lualenyi Ranch
INJURED ELEPHANT 27/7/15
The veterinary unit from Voi treated a juvenile elephant found at Lualenyi Ranch with a leg wound
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ZIWANI UNIT MONTHLY ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES AND PATROL ROUTES
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JULY 2015 TIVA TEAM PATROL AREA: Northern sector of Tsavo East NP with a focus along the Tiva River DAYS ON DUTY: 13
SECURITY & INCIDENTS POACHERS CAMP 23/7/15
The Tiva team found a poacher’s camp in the Roka area having followed tracks
POACHERS CAMP 25/7/15
Another fresh fireplace used by a poacher was found in the Macho Kombo area having followed tracks
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TRACKING POACHERS 26/7/15
The Tiva team and KWS Dog Unit land at the Masombo area in the DSWT helicopter to track poachers
POACHERS CAPTURED 29/7/15
Game over for the poachers who were being tracked. The KWS dog unit & DSWT Tiva team tracked, captured and arrested them
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TIVA UNIT MONTHLY ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES AND PATROL ROUTES
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JULY 2015 YATTA MOBILE TEAM (Meru National Park) PATROL AREA: This is a mobile team operating in the Meru Conservation Area and National Park DAYS ON DUTY: 20
SECURITY & INCIDENTS SHOOTING PLATFORM 17/7/15
The Yatta team during May continued to patrol in Meru National Park. On the 17th they destroyed a shooting platform at Ciabaringo
LIFTING SNARES 20/7/15
The team lifted a number of medium snares at Ura River downstream
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LIFTING SNARES 23/7/15
The team members lifting medium snares at the Mk9 area
POACHER ARRESTED 26/7/15
The team arrested an elephant/bushmeat poacher with snares and arrows at Ura river downstream
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YATTA UNIT MONTHLY ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES AND PATROL ROUTES
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