SWT/KWS Tiva De-Snaring Report for June 2022

SHELDRICKWILDLIFETRUST JUNE2022 9 66 2317179 CampsPoachersArrestsHECSnaresLiftedCharcoalKilns fulltime.Mtito,ThiselephantsKWSelephant10destroyedOtherdikdikspoachers,herders,insideandsignificantlyJunesawtheteamsliftover1700snaresfromthegreaterTsavoConservationArea,whichismorethanpreviousmonths.TheIthumbateamfoundover600snaresduringJunealonetheMobileNorthteamfound355.Duringthemonththeteamsalsoarrested66offenderscaughttheparksandprotectedareas.Thesearrestsincluded7bushmeatpoachers,56livestock1loggerand1grassharvester.Over100carcasseswereconfiscatedfromcampsand86ofwhichwerecollectedbytheDakadimateam.Thesecarcassesincludedamajorityofaswellasfish,gazelle,gerenuk,andporcupine.illegalactivitiesuncoveredduringthemonthincludedlivestockintrusion,inwhichtheteams14illegallyconstructedbomasinsidethepark.Theteamsalsodestroyed9charcoalkilns,hideouts,9poachers’hideoutswithpoachingparaphernaliaand1shootingblind.InJune,3carcasseswerefoundand6tuskswithacombinedweightof18.5kgswerehandedovertoforsafekeeping.Theteamsalsohelpedwith2elephantveterinarytreatmentsandpushed23backintothesafetyofthepark,whichhadstrayedintocommunitylands.monththeKajiadoandMobileSouthteamstookannualleavewhilsttheChyuluMobile,Ithumba,ThabangunjiandZiwaniteamsworkedpartofthemonth.Therestoftheteamswereoperating MONTHLYJUNE2022SUMMARY:ALLUNITS

SHELDRICKWILDLIFETRUST JUNE2022 MAPOFALLUNIT’SILLEGALACTIVITIESMAPOFALLUNIT’SPATROLROUTES

SHELDRICKWILDLIFETRUST JUNE2022 DAILYSITUATIONREPORTMONTHLYSUMMARY–JUNE2022

SHELDRICKWILDLIFETRUST JUNE2022 TOTALSNARESCOLLECTED–JUNE2022–AllTeamsTOTALARRESTSMADE–JUNE2022-AllTeams

SHELDRICKWILDLIFETRUST JUNE2022 INDIVIDUALTEAMREPORTSJUNE2022

SHELDRICKWILDLIFETRUST JUNE2022 15/6/22POACHERSCAMPTheteamfoundarecentlyusedpoacherscampandsnares TIVAJUNE2022TEAM(MOBILE)PATROLAREA:NorthernsectorofTsavoEastNPwithafocusalongtheTivaRiver DAYSONDUTY:30 6/6/22LIFTINGSNARESTheteamfoundsnares,illegalloggingandacampsiteinthepark SECURITY&INCIDENTS

SHELDRICKWILDLIFETRUST JUNE2022 24/6/22LIFTINGSNARESTheteamliftedsnaresinthepark TIVAUNITMONTHLYILLEGALACTIVITIESANDPATROLROUTES

SHELDRICKWILDLIFETRUST JUNE2022

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SWT/KWS Tiva De-Snaring Report for June 2022

Published on Aug 25, 2022

Sheldrick Wildlife Trust

The Tiva Team operates in the northern sector of Tsavo East National Park, focusing on the Tiva River and its surroundings. Illegal activities encountered here include snaring for the bushmeat trade, ivory poaching, livestock encroachment and cutting of trees for timber. The Tiva river is an important dry season source of water for wildlife and the team concentrate patrols around these water points and paths, which poachers have used for decades, along which they lay snares and erect shooting blinds and platforms from which to target elephants. This report provides an overview of the activity of all our De-Snaring Teams in June 2022, with a more detailed description of the Tiva Team's operational activities in the period.