DSWT/KWS Anti-Poaching Report July 2017

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ANTI-POACHING UNITS MONTHLY REPORT

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JULY 2017 MONTHLY SUMMARY: ALL UNITS TOTAL SNARES RECOVERED & COLLECTED: TOTAL ARRESTS MADE: TOTAL WEAPON/EQUIPMENT CONFISCATIONS: TOTAL ILLEGAL STRUCTURES DESTROYED:

508 30 191 65

Bushmeat poaching and snaring activities increased during July. All teams were patrolling daily, lifting snares set by poachers and setting ambushes when called for, in the hope of apprehending offenders.

The DSWT helicopter and Dog Unit were active with the Anti-Poaching teams this month, working together to ensure the rapid deployment of the units, with the dogs picking up scents left at poacher camps and hides. In total 9 bushmeat poachers and 2 ivory poachers were arrested in July. 1 poacher was apprehended with ivory in his possession, whilst the bushmeat poachers were caught with over 100kgs of meat from dikdiks, elands and kudus. One of the poachers was also found with a python skin, which he was going to sell on the black market.

Other arrests made by the teams included livestock herders, charcoal burners, a honey harvester found with a 10kg bag of honey in the park, a marijuana harvester and a number of loggers; one logger managed to escape leaving behind a large quantity of wood in a cart along with a donkey.

Towards the end of the month the Burra team worked with the Aerial Unit to help rescue an abandoned baby elephant in Tsavo West, having been taken to the Nairobi Nursery in the DSWT’s new helicopter, the baby calf is since doing well. A dikdik was also rescued having been found trapped in a snare and luckily released in time, whilst a snared buffalo was also released and treated by the DSWT Tsavo Vet Unit.

Human-elephant conflict is an ongoing concern and all the units, ground and air, are always on call assisting communities with problem elephants, ensuring both people and elephants are safe by keeping elephants in the Parks and protected areas. Over 50 elephants were redirected back into the park this month by the teams having strayed into farmland and homesteads.

The Tiva, Ziwani and Meru teams were working part-month during July 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 – JULY 2017

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TOTAL SNARES COLLECTED – JULY 2017- All Teams

TOTAL ARRESTS MADE – JULY 2017 - All Teams

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INDIVIDUAL TEAM REPORTS JULY 2017

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JULY 2017 ZIWANI TEAM PATROL AREA: Central sector of Tsavo West NP south of the Tsavo River DAYS ON DUTY: 13

SECURITY & INCIDENTS BABY ELEPHANT RESCUE 21/7/17

The Ziwani team worked with the aerial unit to rescue an abandoned baby elephant from the Maktau area

BUSHMEAT POACHER 22/7/17

Ziwani team arrested a bushmeat poacher with over 20 dikdik carcasses and carved meat and tools

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BUSHMEAT POACHER 24/7/17

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A bushmeat poacher was arrested with a 13ft python skin along with poaching tools and equipment

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JULY 2017 TIVA TEAM PATROL AREA: Northern sector of Tsavo East NP with a focus along the Tiva River DAYS ON DUTY: 14

SECURITY & INCIDENTS HONEY HARVESTING 25/7/17

The Tiva team found signs of honey harvesting in the Park, which is illegally due to its unsustainable practices and trespassing in the Park

POACHER’S CAMP 26/7/17

A poacher’s camp was found with tools in the Tiva area including a bow and arrow

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HONEY HARVESTING 28/7/17

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A man was arrested for being in the Park honey harvesting with a 10kg bag of honey

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JULY 2017 YATTA TEAM PATROL AREA: Yatta Plateau & northern sector of Tsavo East NP DAYS ON DUTY: 31

SECURITY & INCIDENTS POACHERS CAMP 13/7/17

Hideout of poachers, jointly discovered by the Dog Unit and Yatta team, the dogs followed the scent of the offenders

LIFTING SNARES 26/7/17

Desnaring at Gazi where the team found small snares

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BUSHMEAT POACHER 26/7/17

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A bushmeat poacher was caught laying snares. The team made him remove all the snares he had set

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JULY 2017 CHYULU TEAM PATROL AREA: Chyulu National Park, Kibwezi Forest and surrounding communities D DAYS ON DUTY: 31

SECURITY & INCIDENTS CHARCOAL BURNING 4/7/17

The team destroying a charcoal kiln in the Botela area and arresting charcoal burners

CHARCOAL & LIVESTOCK 10/7/17

The arrested a charcoal burner in the Park and found livestock which they pushed back into community lands

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BUSHMEAT POACHER 17/7/17

The team arrested a man caught skinning a giraffe he has killed in the Chyulu Hills he also had poisoned arrows and other equipment

ILLEGAL GRAZING 19/7/17

The team found Illegal grazing in the Kathekakai area as well as logging activities

MARIJUANA 20/7/17

The team arrested marijuana harvesters in the Chyulus who was carrying bags of it out of the Park at night

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CHYULU UNIT MONTHLY ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES AND PATROL ROUTES

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JULY 2017 KENZE TEAM PATROL AREA: Kibwezi Forest and surrounding communities DAYS ON DUTY: 31

SECURITY & INCIDENTS SNARING & CHARCOAL 5/7/17

The Kenze team a number of small wire snares and charcoal burning in the Metava area

ILLEGAL GRAZING 13/7/17

The team arrested illegal grazers in the Kikunduku area

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ELEPHANT POACHER 18/7/17

The Kenze team laid a night ambush and successfully apprehended a man with ivory in his possession in the Park

CHARCOAL BURNING 22/7/17

Charcoal burning was found in the Kiboko area and a juvenile offender was apprehended

BUSHMEAT POACHER 29/7/17

A bushmeat poacher was arrested at Satellite area with bushmeat and tools in his possession

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SNARED GIRAFFE 30/7/17

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A snared Giraffe was found in the Kisula area

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JULY 2017 BURRA TEAM PATROL AREA: Southern sector of Tsavo East NP & the Taita Ranches DAYS ON DUTY: 31

SECURITY & INCIDENTS SNARING 2/7/17

The Kenze team found an abandoned dikdik left by a poacher after escaping

LIFTING SNARES 4/7/17

Snares lifted at Irima plains in a day

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CABLE SNARE 12/7/17

The team found a cable snare at Kishushe ranch, they also found and rescued a live dikdik from a snare

BUSHMEAT POACHING 12/7/17

Arrested poachers at Kishushe ranch with their snares

ELEPHANT CARCASS 13/7/17

An elephant carcass sighted during air recce at Satao area

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ILLEGAL LOGGING 16/7/17

An abandoned cart full of wet wood after the owner escaped at Sagala ranch

SHOOTING PLATFORM 21/7/17

A shooting platform found and destroyed at Kishushe ranch

POACHERS CAMP 21/7/17

Poachers items found in a camp at Kishushe ranch as well as bushmeat hanging in a tree

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BUSHMEAT POACHER 24/7/17

An arrested poacher with a python skin at Lualenyi during a joint patrol with Ziwani team

ELEPHANT CARCASS 27/7/17

An elephant carcass found at Maungu area with its tusk already removed

POACHERS CAMP 31/7/17

A fresh poachers harbour sighted during aerial recce at Kishushe ranch

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BURRA UNIT MONTHLY ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES AND PATROL ROUTES

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JULY 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

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LIVESTOCK INCURSION 16/7/17

The Meru team found livestock in the park and pushed it back into community land

LIFTING SNARES 22/7/17

Lifting medium snares at Punguru area

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LIFTING SNARES 24/7/17

Lifting further snares, small and medium from the Punguru area

LIFTING SNARES 28/7/17

Lifting medium snares at the mike9 area

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JULY 2017 MOBILE TEAM PATROL AREA: This team is mobile and works where it is needed the most DAYS ON DUTY: 31

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HONEY HARVESTING 3/7/17

Illegal honey harvesting was found in the Park. Harvesting honey this way kills trees and creates bush fires

POACHER ARRESTED 4/7/17

The team arrested a poacher during an ambush at night. He was found in procession of a piece of ivory

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DESNARING A BUFFALO 17/7/17

The team removed a snare from a live buffalo with the vet unit in the Park which had been struggling for some time and was very weak

BUSHMEAT POACHING 19/7/17

The team found a bushmeat poacher’s camp with dikdik carcasses and poaching equipment in the Park

ELEPHANT CALF RESCUE 21/7/17

The team rescued a young elephant at the Maktau community area with help from the Aerial Unit

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ELEPHANT CARCASS 27/7/17

The team found an elephant carcass, its tusks had already been removed by poachers

CHARCOAL KILN 30/7/17

The team found a fresh charcoal kiln in the Park and destroyed it

LIFTING SNARES 30/7/17

The team the collected a number of small/medium wire snares set in the Park

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MOBILE UNIT MONTHLY ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES AND PATROL ROUTES

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JULY 2017 ITHUMBA TEAM PATROL AREA: Northern sector of Tsavo East NP, northern boundary & Gazi DAYS ON DUTY: 31

SECURITY & INCIDENTS POACHER ARRESTED 7/7/17

A bushmeat/ivory poacher was arrested with a bow and arrows, as well as dikdik carcasses

DOG TRACKING 13/7/17

Team members patrol at Kanziku area with the DSWT Dog Unit

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LIFTING SNARES 15/7/17

A number of snares were lifted included a large cable snare set for an elephant or larger animal

HONEY HARVESTING 28/7/17

A man was arrested for honey harvesting in the Tiva area and in possession of a large bag of honey

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ITHUMBA UNIT MONTHLY ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES AND PATROL ROUTES

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JULY 2017 MTITO TEAM PATROL AREA: Tsavo Triangle, northern sector of Tsavo West NP & surrounding communities DAYS ON DUTY: 31

SECURITY & INCIDENTS LIVESTOCK INTRUSION 4/7/17

Illegal cattle grazing at Finch area in Tsavo West. Minors were given a warning

ELEPHANT CONFLICT 9/7/17

The Mtito team helped push elephants out of community land and back into the Park

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LIFTING SNARES 11/7/17

The team lifted a number of small and medium snares from the Tsavo Triangle

LION CARCASS 14/6/17

Lion carcass at Tsavo river area after been hit by a vehicle

BUSHMEAT POACHER 14/7/17

The team arrested a bushmeat poacher in the Tsavo Triangle, who was caught with bushmeat

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LOGGER ARRESTED 22/7/17

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Illegal logger arrested at Mangelete area

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