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ANTI-POACHING UNITS MONTHLY REPORT
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MARCH 2017 MONTHLY SUMMARY: ALL UNITS TOTAL SNARES RECOVERED & COLLECTED: TOTAL ARRESTS MADE: TOTAL WEAPON/EQUIPMENT CONFISCATIONS: TOTAL ILLEGAL STRUCTURES DESTROYED:
234 28 40 29
The Anti-Poaching Teams, like the DSWT’s Aerial Unit, also noted a rise in poaching activities during March. The teams, in collaboration with the DSWT pilots, discovered 14 elephant carcasses; although a number of these were older carcasses from earlier in the year, there were many which were fresh and had already had their ivory removed by poachers. The Burra team uncovered 7 elephant carcasses, whilst the Mobile team found 3, and the Mtito and Tiva teams both found 2. With this information, the teams are further concentrating efforts in the areas currently being targeted by poachers during the dry season. During the month, the teams were active in making arrests, apprehending 28 offenders, 7 of which were bushmeat poachers, 11 livestock herders, 5 charcoal burners, 2 loggers and 3 harvesters. The teams were also alert to all signs of human activity in the Parks tracking down potential ivory poachers with support from the DSWT helicopter and dog unit, whilst discovering and destroying 7 poachers’ camps/blinds. During these patrols the teams also lifted 234 snares and destroyed 22 charcoal kilns. Due to the ongoing drought and poaching activities in March, the teams were involved in 4 baby elephant rescues as well as an elephant treatment with support from the Tsavo Mobile Veterinary Unit. The units also handled 37 human-wildlife conflict cases of which 35 were directly responded to by the Chyulu team, who operate in an area of high human-elephant conflict. The Kenze, Ithumba, Meru, Yatta and Mobile teams were working half month whilst the remaining teams were carrying out full operations.
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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 – MARCH 2017
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TOTAL SNARES COLLECTED – MARCH 2017- All Teams
TOTAL ARRESTS MADE – MARCH 2017 - All Teams
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INDIVIDUAL TEAM REPORTS MARCH 2017
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MARCH 2017 ZIWANI TEAM PATROL AREA: Central sector of Tsavo West NP south of the Tsavo River DAYS ON DUTY: 31
SECURITY & INCIDENTS POACHERS CAMP 6/3/17
The Ziwani team found a poacher’s hideout near Gazi area
SHOOTING BLIND 12/3/17
Team members destroy a shooting blind at Yatta plateau
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ILLEGAL LOGGING 14/3/17
A wood logger was arrested along the Athi river
LIVESTOCK EVICTION 15/3/17
Team members drive livestock out of the park along the Athi river
CHARCOAL KILN 17/3/17
Team members destroying a charcoal kiln along the Athi river
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BUSHMEAT POACHERS 23/4/17
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The arrested poachers in their hideout at Kishushe ranch. They were found with tools and bush meat
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MARCH 2017 TIVA TEAM PATROL AREA: Northern sector of Tsavo East NP with a focus along the Tiva River DAYS ON DUTY: 31
SECURITY & INCIDENTS ELEPHANT CARCASS 3/3/17
An elephant carcass was found in Leslau area with its tusks intact. The tusks were removed and handed to KWS
ELEPHANT CARCASS 7/3/17
Carcass of another elephant was found in the Tiva area, again with its tusks intact which were handed to KWS
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POACHERS CAMP 16/3/17
Recovered items from a poacher’s camp at Umbi area including a bike.
BUSH MEAT 17/3/17
Lesser Kudu skin found by team in Umbi area whilst tracking poachers and lifting small snares
ELEPHANT TREATMENT 21/3/17
Elephant treatment near Imenti area with an arrow wound
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TIVA UNIT MONTHLY ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES AND PATROL ROUTES
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MARCH 2017 YATTA TEAM PATROL AREA: Yatta Plateaux & northern sector of Tsavo East NP DAYS ON DUTY: 12
SECURITY & INCIDENTS POACHER ARRESTED 23/3/17
The team arrested a poacher in the Gazi area
AERIAL RECCE 24/3/17
Yatta team leader goes on an aerial recce with DSWT pilot
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LIFTING SNARES 25/3/17
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Lifting small snares in the Gazi area
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MARCH 2017 MTITO TEAM PATROL AREA: Tsavo Triangle, northern sector of Tsavo West NP & surrounding communities DAYS ON DUTY: 31
SECURITY & INCIDENTS ELEPHANT CARCASS 3/3/17
An elephant carcass sighted on patrol, tusks already removed by poachers
ILLEGAL GRAZING 10/3/17
Illegal grazing at finch area, the team pushed the cattle out of the Park
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ELEPHANT CARCASS 11/3/17
An elephant calf carcass was knocked by a vehicle along the highway
BUSHMEAT POACHER 12/3/17
A bushmeat poacher arrested setting snares
ELEPHANT CARCASS 14/3/17
The team extracting the tusks from an elephant killed by a train
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CHARCOAL KILN 16/3/17
Destroying an illegal kiln
ELEPHANT SNARE 19/3/17
The team found a cable snare set on an elephant path and removed it
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MTITO UNIT MONTHLY ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES AND PATROL ROUTES
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MARCH 2017 CHYULU TEAM PATROL AREA: Chyulu National Park, Kibwezi Forest and surrounding communities D DAYS ON DUTY: 31
SECURITY & INCIDENTS LIVESTOCK INCURSION 6/3/17
The team pushed cattle out from the Kari area
CHARCOAL KILN 13/3/17
The team destroyed a charcoal kiln in the Utu area
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OFFICIAL VISIT 14/3/17
The team welcomed government officials during an inspection of the concession performance in the Forest
CHARCOAL CAMP 16/3/17
The team raided a charcoal burner’s camp and confiscated all items included potential poaching tools
POACHER ARRESTED 17/3/17
The team looked through these confiscated items of poacher which included poison
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ELEPHANT TRAP 20/3/17
An elephant trap was discovered in the Mbui Nzau area and confiscated
CHARCOAL KILN 22/3/17
Confiscated posts from Gazi area and destroying a charcoal kiln in the Kari area
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CHYULU UNIT MONTHLY ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES AND PATROL ROUTES
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MARCH 2017 KENZE TEAM PATROL AREA: Kibwezi Forest and surrounding communities DAYS ON DUTY: 13
BUSHMEAT POACHING 4/3/17
The Kenze team found a poacher’s camp with poaching tools and dikdik carcasses
LOGGING CAMP 23/3/17
A logging/wood carving camp was found in the Kiboko area and destroyed
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GIRAFFE CARCASS 24/3/17
The Kenze team found a giraffe carcass in the kiboko area along with dikdik remains
CHARCOAL BURNING 25/3/17
The team arrested charcoal burners and destroyed kilns in the Kiboko area
LIVESTOCK HERDERS 30/3/17
The team arrested herdsmen in the Utu illegally grazing their cattle
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KENZE UNIT MONTHLY ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES AND PATROL ROUTES
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MARCH 2017 BURRA TEAM PATROL AREA: Southern sector of Tsavo East NP & the Taita Ranches DAYS ON DUTY: 31
SECURITY & INCIDENTS LIVESTOCK INCURSION 2/3/17
The Burra team evicting cows at Ndii
CHARCOAL BURNING 4/3/17
An arrested charcoal burner with some of the items used in charcoal burning at Mbulia ranch
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LIFTING SNARES 5/3/17
Snares lifted by the team at Taita hills sanctuary
ORPHAN RESCUE 6/3/17
The injured calf found at Irima who taken to the Voi stockades after the team rescued her
ELEPHANT CARCASS 10/3/17
A fresh elephant carcass sighted near Lugards with both tusks intact
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ELEPHANT CARCASS 13/3/17
A recent elephant carcass with both tusks intact sighted during aerial recce
ELEPHANT CARCASS 14/3/17
An old elephant carcass at Maji ya chumvi area reported during an aerial recce
CHARCOAL BURNING 19/3/17
Abandoned sacks full of charcoal at Mbulia ranch and a kiln was destroyed
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ELEPHANT RESCUE 21/3/17
The team with the Voi keepers rescue a young elephant calf sighted by a DSWT pilot
CHARCOAL BURNING 24/3/17
Wet and dry logging at Mbulia ranch and charcoal burning was discovered and a man was arrested
ELEPHANT CARCASS 25/3/17
Team members remove the tusks from an elephant carcass found along the Mbololo river
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ELEPHANT CARCASS 28/3/17
Elephant tusks recovered at Ndara plains from an old carcass, whilst snares were also lifted in the area
ELEPHANT CARCASS 28/3/17
Elephant tusks recovered at Kanderi area
ELEPHANT CARCASS 31/3/17
A fresh elephant carcass sighted by the chopper during an aerial recce at Maji chumvi
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BURRA UNIT MONTHLY ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES AND PATROL ROUTES
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MARCH 2017 MERU TEAM (Meru National Park) PATROL AREA: This is a mobile team operating in the Meru Conservation Area and National Park DAYS ON DUTY: 18
SECURITY & INCIDENTS
ILLEGAL LOGGING 15/3/17
The Meru team found logging at Ura downstream
LIFTING SNARES 20/3/17
Lifting medium snares at the mike9 area
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LIFTING SNARES 21/3/17
Snared bushbuck carcass at Murondia area
LIFTING SNARES 22/3/17
Lifting medium snares at Ura downstream
BUSHMEAT POACHERS 30/3/17
Poachers arrested at mike11 area with bushmeat
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LIFTING SNARES 31/3/17
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Poachers arrested at mike11 area with bushmeat
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MARCH 2017 MOBILE TEAM PATROL AREA: This team is mobile and works where it is needed the most DAYS ON DUTY: 12
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ELEPHANT CARCASS 21/3/17
An elephant carcass was sighted within the Yatta area.
LIFTING SNARES 22/3/17
Briefing during an operation at the Ndara area to evict livestock from the Parks.
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IVORY RECOVERY 29/3/17
The team found pieces of ivory at Voi river area
ELEPHANT CARCASS 30/3/17
Elephant carcass sighted at Voi river area
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MOBILE UNIT MONTHLY ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES AND PATROL ROUTES
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MARCH 2017 ITHUMBA TEAM PATROL AREA: Northern sector of Tsavo East NP, northern boundary & Gazi DAYS ON DUTY: 13
SECURITY & INCIDENTS POACHERS CAMP 23/3/17
The team found a poacher’s hideout at the Kalovoto area
POACHERS CAMP 25/3/17
An old camp/fireplace was found and signs of honey harvesting
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ITHUMBA UNIT MONTHLY ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES AND PATROL ROUTES
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