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DE-SNARING UNITS & ANTI-POACHING EFFORTS MONTHLY REPORT
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MARCH 2018 MONTHLY SUMMARY: ALL UNITS TOTAL SNARES RECOVERED & COLLECTED: TOTAL ARRESTS MADE: TOTAL WEAPON/EQUIPMENT CONFISCATIONS: TOTAL ILLEGAL STRUCTURES DESTROYED:
265 36 30 80
With the rains arriving in March it was a relatively quiet month for the teams. The rains also caused a difficulty with vehicle patrols as muddy tracks made traversing far and wide nearly impossible, thankfully the DSWT helicopter made up for this, and was able to land rangers at hotspots to patrol on foot when needed. A big project in March for the teams was uncovering over 50 acres of marijuana being cultivated in the Chyulu Hills National Park. The DSWT fixed wing and helicopter mapped out where the plantations where located and the DSWT De-Snaring teams went in on foot with support from Big Life Foundation and Tsavo Trust, to uproot and burn all the plants, which is still ongoing. Other activities for the teams included lifting and confiscating 265 snares, destroying 25 charcoal kilns and recovering 18 charcoal sacks heading for the market. Arrests during the month included 1 ivory poacher in possession of tusks arrested by the Chyulu team, 6 bushmeat poachers, 5 charcoal burners and several loggers and livestock herders. In total 5 elephant carcasses were discovered, most of them old probably having perished from the drought, but thankfully their ivory was still intact and safely retrieved by the teams along with several pieces of broken tusks unearthed during routine patrols. The Kenze, Ithumba, Meru and Mobile teams were patrolling half month, whilst the rest of the teams were operating full patrols.
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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 2018
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TOTAL SNARES COLLECTED – MARCH 2018- All Teams
TOTAL ARRESTS MADE – MARCH 2018- All Teams
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INDIVIDUAL TEAM REPORTS MARCH 2018
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MARCH 2018 ZIWANI TEAM PATROL AREA: Central sector of Tsavo West NP south of the Tsavo River DAYS ON DUTY: 31
SECURITY & INCIDENTS BUSHMEAT POACHING 2/3/18
The Ziwani Team found skins of a poached giraffe Makitau area following trails
LIFTING SNARES 4/3/18
Snares sighted and retrieved at Makitau area
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SHOOTING PLATFORM 8/3/18
An old shooting platform sighted at kishushe area
RECOVERED IVORY 10/3/18
A piece of elephant tusk collected at Manda area
CHARCOAL KILN 11/3/18
Team members retrieve snares sighted at saltlick area
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CABLE SNARES 12/3/18
Large snares sighted and retrieved at saltlick area
CHARCOAL KILNS 24/3/18
Charcoal kilns sighted and destroyed at kishushe ranch
LIVESTOCK INTRUSION 29/3/18
Livestock pushed out of the park by KWS rangers at Serengeti area
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ZIWANI UNIT MONTHLY ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES AND PATROL ROUTES
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MARCH 2018 TIVA TEAM PATROL AREA: Northern sector of Tsavo East NP with a focus along the Tiva River DAYS ON DUTY: 30
SECURITY & INCIDENTS ELEPHANT CARCASS 4/3/18
The Tiva team found a very old elephant carcass in the Kyamanyenze area
POACHERS CAMP 13/3/18
Poacher's Harbour discovered in the Tundani area
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LIVESTOCK INTRUSION 16/3/18
Camels grazing illegally in the Umbi area
HERDSMEN ARRESTS 17/3/18
The team arrested herdsmen in the Umbi area
LIFTING SNARES 23/3/18
Recovered snares in the Kimweli area
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TIVA UNIT MONTHLY ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES AND PATROL ROUTES
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MARCH 2018 YATTA TEAM PATROL AREA: Yatta Plateau & northern sector of Tsavo East NP DAYS ON DUTY: 31
SECURITY & INCIDENTS ROAD ISSUES 4/3/18
The Yatta team struggled with the heavy rains in March and dealt with their vehicle getting stuck in the mud in the Gazi area
ILLEGAL LOGGING 11/3/18
The Yatta team went on patrol with the DSWT Dog unit in the Kiasa area and found a poacher’s camp and equipment
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YATTA UNIT MONTHLY ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES AND PATROL ROUTES
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MARCH 2018 MTITO TEAM PATROL AREA: Tsavo Triangle, northern sector of Tsavo West NP & surrounding communities DAYS ON DUTY: 31
SECURITY & INCIDENTS CHARCOAL BURNING 2/3/18
Charcoal burning at Mangelete area
CARCASSES 3/3/18
The Mtito team discovered 2 hippopotamus carcasses and 1 carcass of cheetah along the athi river
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IVORY TUSK 8/3/18
One tusk recovered at maji chumvi booked at komboyoo
LIFTING SNARES 9/3/18
The Mtito team lifted 38 snares at kilalinda area
CHARCOAL BURNER 12/3/18
The Mtito team arrested and booked a charcoal burner
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LIFTING SNARES 21/3/18
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Lifting snares set by bushmeat poachers
MARIJUANA PLANTATION The Mtito team destroyed a Marijuana plantation in the Chyulu Hills 23/3/18
KWS MEETING 29/3/18
Chief Operation Commandant Mr Kimai visited the teams at the old Chyulu gate from Nairobi
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MTITO UNIT MONTHLY ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES AND PATROL ROUTES
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MARCH 2018 CHYULU TEAM PATROL AREA: Chyulu National Park, Kibwezi Forest and surrounding communities D DAYS ON DUTY: 31
SECURITY & INCIDENTS BUSHMEAT & CHARCOAL 3/3/18
The team found cattle grazing and arrested a herder as well as arresting 2 bushmeat poachers and finding charcoal in Kikunduku area
ELEPHANT POACHER 5/3/18
The team arrested an elephant poacher with ivory in possession at Sinai area
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LIFTING SNARES 10/3/18
The team lifted a number of snares in the Kari area
CHARCOAL CAMP 17/3/18
The team destroyed a makeshift camp set up in the park along with evicting livestock and collecting snares
CHARCOAL BURNING 22/3/18
Destroying charcoal kilns in Mbotela area, charcoal burners were also arrested
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MARIJUANA PLANTATION The team uprooting and destroying a marijuana plantation in the Chyulu 25/3/18 Hills
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MARCH 2018 KENZE TEAM PATROL AREA: Kibwezi Forest and surrounding communities DAYS ON DUTY: 14
SECURITY & INCIDENTS
CHARCOAL BURNING 22/3/18
The Kenze team found charcoal burning in the Mukameni area, a charcoal burner was also arrested at the site
MARIJUANA PLANTATION Rangers destroying a charcoal kiln at the Utu area and arresting charcoal 28/3/18 burners
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KENZE UNIT MONTHLY ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES AND PATROL ROUTES
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MARCH 2018 BURRA TEAM PATROL AREA: Southern sector of Tsavo East NP & the Taita Ranches DAYS ON DUTY: 31
SECURITY & INCIDENTS LIFTING SNARES 3/3/18
Members of the team lifting snares at Mbulia
DIKDIK RESCUE 5/3/18
Team members rescue two dikdiks from snares at Sagala ranch
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LIVESTOCK INTRUSION 9/3/18
Illegal livestock grazing at Ndar area was found and a herder was arrested. Women cutting grass within the Park were also evicted
LIVESTOCK & LOGGING 14/3/18
Goats found at Maungu area with the herders arrested as well as women who were logging inside the park
ELEPHANT CARCASS 16/3/18
An old elephant carcass sighted at Aruba with both tusks intact and retrieved
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LIFTING SNARES 19/3/18
A member holding snares lifted at Mbulia ranch
CHARCOAL KILNS 21/3/18
Fresh charcoal kilns found and destroyed at Sagala area
CHARCOAL KILNS 30/3/18
Fresh loggers [poachers] bomas found at kulalu ranch set ablaze by the team after the suspects escaped. Masses of logs were also found
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BURRA UNIT MONTHLY ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES AND PATROL ROUTES
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MARCH 2018 MOBILE TEAM PATROL AREA: This team is mobile and works where it is needed the most DAYS ON DUTY: 13
SECURITY & INCIDENTS ELEPHANT CARCASS 23/3/18
Arrested bushmeat poacher/charcoal burner taking charcoal, snares and meat out of the park on a motorbike
LIFTING SNARES 25/2/18
Team collect snares at Mbulia area
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CHARCOAL KILN 29/3/18
Illegal charcoal kiln destroyed at Ndii area
LIFTING SNARES 29/3/18
Team collected snares at Ndii area
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MARCH 2018 ITHUMBA TEAM PATROL AREA: Northern sector of Tsavo East NP, northern boundary & Gazi DAYS ON DUTY: 14
SECURITY & INCIDENTS ILLEGAL LOGGING 22/3/18
Vegetation destruction in the Kimweli area
LIFTING SNARES 23/3/18
Small snares recovered from the Kimweli area
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LIFTING SNARES 24/3/18
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De-snaring in progress, Powerline area
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MARCH 2018 MERU TEAM (Meru National Park) PATROL AREA: This is a mobile team operating in the Meru Conservation Area and National Park DAYS ON DUTY: 19
SECURITY & INCIDENTS LIFTING SNARES 19/3/18
The Meru team lifting medium snares at ura downstream
LIFTING SNARES 26/3/18
Lifting medium snares at Ciabaringo area
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LIFTING SNARES 31/3/18
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The Meru team lifting snares at the punguru area
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MARCH 2018 SOBO TEAM PATROL AREA: This is a mobile team operating south of the Voi River, Bura area as well as in the Ziwani area DAYS ON DUTY: 31
SECURITY & INCIDENTS POACHERS CAMP 8/3/18
An old poachers camp sighted at Kiasa hills area
CAMP IN A CAVE 11/3/18
Team on patrols at Lugards caves area
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ELEPHANT CARCASS 18/3/18
An elephant carcass sighted by the team an Ndi area
ELEPHANT CARCASS 28/3/18
An elephant carcass sighted during patrols at Lugards area
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